Corliss Rumdone is a healer, and thus valuable to her werewolf pack. But her parents are low in the pack hierarchy, so when no one's ill, Corliss is ignored. Until the night the pack alphas attempt to force her to mate Raymond, a wolf with plans that don't include a shy healer. She stands before the assembled pack ... a bride with no groom.

Liam Stanwood, son of the pack alphas, has spent his life looking out for shy Corliss as her friend. But now he's about to claw their friendship wide open. To stop her from being humiliated before the pack by Raymond, Liam stakes a claim of his own ... one that will shake the foundations of pack law, and set into motion a chain of deadly paranormal events.

Corliss knows she shouldn't allow Liam to claim her as his mate ... but if she refuses him, can she survive the dark peril swirling around her? If she accepts, will he resent her for tearing the pack apart?