A human midwife summoned to save a she-wolf's child is nothing short of a death sentence.

Clara, a midwife of thirty winters, is known for her steady hands and unbridled courage in the villages of men. But when a summons comes from the heart of the Blackthorn Mountains, she must answer. In the territory of the Blackthorn Pack, she is an outsider, a human trespassing in a world of claws and fangs, a world ruled by a brutal Alpha.

The Alpha, Torin Blackthorn, is a beast of legend, a wolf whose rages shake the mountains. But when his mate, an Omega of rare beauty, dies in childbirth, leaving him with a daughter he cannot bear to face, he is shattered. And in the ashes of his grief, a new, forbidden instinct is born. His gaze falls upon Clara, the human midwife, and what she sees in his eyes is not gratitude, but a hypnotic, tantalizing hunger that promises both salvation and utter ruin.

Clara is a trap he can't escape, a scent of life in a cavern of death. He introduces her to a shameless, taboo world of dominance and pleasure, a place of soft leather and whispered commands where every touch is a test of her will. She knows this path is risky, a sinful indulgence that could get them both killed. He is an Alpha whose heart is a frozen wasteland, and she is the only warmth for miles. But in a world where pack law is absolute and humans are prey, can she truly trust the beast who claims her as his... or will his grief be the most savage monster of all?