For twenty-five years, Alpha Adrian Blackwood has ruled his pack with an iron fist, waiting for the one woman destined to stand beside him.She never came.Then, one ordinary day, a single scent changes everything.Sun-dried peaches. White blossoms. A scent so intoxicating that Adrian’s wolf becomes impossible to control. There is only one problem: he has no idea where it came from, or who it belongs to.Fresh out of nursing school with a flawless academic record and one simple goal, Rosie Miller decides to start over. Leaving New York behind, she takes a sudden position at the understaffed Ocala Community Hospital, right on the edge of the Blackwood borders, expecting nothing more than long shifts, difficult patients, and a quiet life.She has no idea that the man searching for her is an Alpha.She has no idea that werewolves exist.And she certainly has no idea that she is the woman Adrian has spent twenty-five years waiting for.The moment Adrian finally tracks the scent to the hospital ward, his wolf recognizes her as his fated mate. But there is something terribly wrong.Rosie is human.She feels no mate bond. She hears no mysterious call. She doesn't even believe Adrian when he tries to explain why he can't stay away from her.To make matters worse, Rosie isn't impressed by his wealth, his power, or the fear he commands. When Adrian uses a multi-million-dollar hospital donation to secure a place in her world legally, Rosie openly challenges him in front of the hospital board.For the first time in his life, the most powerful Alpha in the region finds himself completely powerless.Because Adrian can command an entire pack.He can crush his enemies.But he can't command his mate to love him.If he wants Rosie to become his Luna, he'll have to do something no one has ever demanded of him before: earn her trust, win her heart, and convince a woman who doesn't believe in werewolves that she was born to be his.