Six weeks ago, Shayla Morgan, geek extraordinaire, fled the tiny mountain town of Refuge, North Carolina, as though the hounds of hell-or one horny werewolf-were on her tail. Now the time has come to return for her cousin's wedding and pay the piper in the form of one determined, red-haired wolf-shifter who believes she's his mate. After the hell of his childhood, Rory McFelan, alpha of the Sparrowhawks, is determined never to mate or reproduce. That was before the Creator dropped one feisty, irritating human female-with a scent his wolf wouldn't let him ignore-into his path right before a blue moon. In the few short days it took the full moon to wane, Rory found himself mated, with a pup on the way and his mate gone. Getting her back is the easy part. Keeping her is more difficult. He'll have to fight demons-his and hers-his pack, her family, and an unknown enemy determined to destroy him, any way they can. Claiming Shayla was instinct. It's keeping her that's proving to be a challenge.