Jake Cargyle is the billionaire heir to the Cargyle fortune - one of L.A.'s biggest computer tech firms - and also one of the major enterprises of an ancient bear shifter family that has run its business quietly for centuries. After the death of Jake's father, the control of the company has fallen squarely on him, and it is an almost unbearable weight of responsibility. Trying to figure out his own feelings about the death of his father, the new expectations that have been forced on him, and his own inherent coming-to-terms with his shifter heritage, he finds himself heading to Japan for a meeting with one of the branch heads. But one night he visits a traditional izakaya bar and meets Miko, and is immediately taken with her. She's funny, intelligent, owns her own bar, and seems somehow infatuated with showing him her hometown of Osaka. As the two grow closer, Jake finds himself drawn between two worlds, and unable to reconcile them both - his growing affection for Miko is balanced by an opposing concern that if she ever learns his true nature, she will only see a monster - a bakemono. As his time begins to run short, and he faces the reality of heading back to the States, will he find the courage to tell Miko how he feels about her? And what will the consequences be if she ever learns his true identity?