At thirty-seven, I had stopped waiting for my mate.As the first female Luna of the Shadow Clan, I had spent years proving that I didn't need a man beside me to rule. But the elders saw my unmated status as weakness, and they were determined to take my throne from me.Then my mother came back.She brought her new husband with her, a powerful, intimidating man named Rico who looked at me as though there was something about me he couldn't explain.I tried to stay away from him. I really did.Until the day I was forced into a deadly battle.When I was seconds away from death, Rico was the one who saved me.And the moment our eyes met, my wolf whispered the one word that could destroy everything I've built.Mate.He is my mother's husband.The man I can never have.But the Moon Goddess has never cared about what I can or cannot have.Now the council is hiding a dangerous secret, my pack is heading toward war, and the man I am forbidden to love may be the only person capable of saving me.Because some mates are chosen to be loved. And some are chosen to destroy everything you know.

One hockey game.One wrong door.One life-changing mistake.After witnessing hockey superstar Luca DeMarco execute a man, Joye expects to die.Instead, she's forced to become his wife.To the world, she's the lucky woman who captured the country's most desired athlete.Behind closed doors, she's his prisoner.But while Luca is hiding his mafia empire from the world, Joye is hiding an even more dangerous secret.She married him for one reason only.To uncover the truth about her brother's murder.The closer she gets to Luca, the harder it becomes to remember which was more dangerous, His enemies...Or falling in love with him.