Sophia Morgan Barlow faked her own death to escape the grasps of her abusive and deranged husband. Determined to start a new life, she finds herself in the small town of Stoney Brook working as a maid. Everything she has ever wanted in a mate came in the form of her new boss who was entirely off limits. Cade Branham had two goals when he moved his pack to a sleepy town in Tennessee at the base of the Smoky Mountains: reintroducing red wolves and modernizing his pack. Until he met Sophia. Now he finds himself pursuing the woman of his dreams with a past that could destroy all his plans. Now, they are fighting the drawl of attraction as Sophia comes face-to-face with a reality she cannot escape.