Having the werewolf contagion has advantages, Lily, a terminally ill invalid, discovers when she is infected by a beast in the walled garden of her home. However, along with renewed health and strength come challenges. She must leave her home and loved ones to move to an ancient Keep in Yorkshire, spend three nights a month locked in a dungeon and, most challenging of all, deal with the unexpected attentions of an attractive man whose wolf is determined to claim hers as its mate. Will, the tough Scottish enforcer of Breckenhill Keep has always found his werewolf side easy to bear. But when he meets the fragile Lily his angry, closed-off way of life is turned upside down. His wolf wants hers, and though he knows he's not good enough for the young, innocent woman, he must convince her to accept him. Because a thwarted werewolf who has found his mate is a very dangerous creature.