Half-human, half-Kindred, Luc Lazare doesn't want more complications in his life. He's focused on protecting his shapeshifting family and love is the last distraction he needs. Skye Cross has the ability to talk to animals. Her most recent animal rescue mission-stopping an alleged dog fight-actually involved shifters in a primal battle. Her investigation leads her to Luc, a man whose powers both unsettle and intrigue her. Skye quickly finds herself caught in a dangerous world she never knew existed, while relying on a man she couldn't possibly trust. Coming from two different worlds, can Luc and Skye overcome the obstacles fated to keep them apart?