In a country obsessed with genetically inherited gifts, Bella Fenwick is no one special. At least that's what she's been led to believe. Then a handsome Ruthenian walks into her life, a wolf at his side. He won't let Bella hide behind her desk and discredit the evidence she's discovered that could lead to a murderer. Sent by his high marshal to investigate the death of an official's daughter, Beast Master Markus Ralston and his wolf, Lunah, don't let something as trivial as politics get in the way of learning the truth. Markus knows Bella can help, even if she doesn't want to believe him, and he insists on her assistance in the case. Much to Lunah's dismay, Markus soon realizes more than the Sziverian woman's unique talent may have drawn them together as whisperings of mate slide across his nerves anytime they touch... Following the clues no one else has bothered to look for, they quickly realize they're on a race against time before the frozen nights thaw and the serial killer disappears...