From a RITA Award-nominated author, a werewolf seduces a beautiful mortal into believing in love in "a seductive romance [with] breathtaking suspense" (Alyssa Day, New York Times–bestselling author of Atlantis Awakening).A Scottish Highlands werewolf, Gideon MacInnes loves the haunting beauty of his home. But as he grapples with his destiny of being his clan''s next alpha, he seeks the solitude of a rural town in Upstate New York. As a snowstorm closes in, Gideon is attacked by rogue wolves working for an enemy he never imagined existed. Wounded and bleeding, he collapses on the doorstep of Carly Silver''s tiny romance bookstore.One of the grand ironies of Carly Silver''s life is that she runs a bookshop filled with tales of happily ever after, though she herself has never been very good at relationships with men. When she rescues what she believes is an injured dog, she takes him into her home and tenderly treats his injuries—only to wake up to find a devastatingly handsome naked man in her bed.Trapped together through the raging storm, Gideon realizes he''s found his mate. Now Carly has to choose between becoming a werewolf, charged with protecting humankind from the inhabitants of an evil otherworld, or giving up the one man who has managed to capture her heart.
