River Fortuna's wolf is awake and pacing, anticipating their first heat. Traumatized by early misunderstandings of shifter sexuality, River intends to avoid being claimed at all cost. She doesn't plan on meeting handsome, virile Alpha Jett Reeves. Jett is instantly drawn to River, his pheromones flooding to trigger her heat and force her sexual surrender, despite her tangible-and unlawful-means of avoidance. Initially a mindless slave to her hormones, River comes to accept Jett past his ability to assuage her sexual need and falls in love with him. Unable to label his myriad of feelings, Jett doesn't reciprocate, and she is devastated, realizing she is locked in a lifelong, loveless partnership. Attacked by a rogue shifter, River wakes with no memory, and Jett must face the fact that what he felt for River all along was love-and find a way to bring her back to him.