Maddie is at her wit's end. Still fresh with grief after her father's death, she's running herself ragged handling his affairs, working the ranch, and raising her sisters. She doesn't have room for more heartache. But when Humans First, a shifter hate group, sets their sights on her family, the werewolf who once betrayed her may be her only hope.

Axel stopped counting his mistakes years ago when he made the biggest one of all—abandoning his mate. When one of his packmates turns up dead on Maddie's ranch, he leaps at the chance to make things right. Except, Maddie isn't the same mischievous little mountain lion he once knew.

Axel never thought them working together would be easy. But escaping danger while trying to win back Maddie's love? That could be damn near impossible.