Jace needs a Luna. Emma needs a way out of her cell. He makes her an offer she can't refuse: freedom for a union defying the natural order.
But the pack falling into Emma's lap is ridden with obstacles, putting her happily-ever-after firmly out of reach. New Dawn is blood-feuding with the neighbouring pack, overflowing with religious fanatics and home to a deadly plot - to overthrow Alpha Jace and replace him with someone more pliable.
And at the heart of it all is a desperate race to locate the heir to the Alpha position ... a nine-year-old girl. Emma and an alliance of estranged family must scour the north to find the girl before it's too late. If it isn't already too late, that is...