When seventeen-year-old Lena Morgan moves to Blackridge Academy after her mom’s sudden remarriage, she expects cold weather and colder people. She never expects Jax Thorne, hockey captain, campus legend, and her new stepbrother, to be the one thing she can’t stop thinking about. Brooding. Possessive. Dangerous. Everyone fears him. But his eyes burn only for her. What Lena doesn’t know is that Jax is next in line to lead a hidden werewolf pack,and the blood running through her veins could destroy everything he’s sworn to protect.

Vanessa has always believed love just wasn’t written in her stars. After a trail of failed relationships and disappointments, she’s given up hope—until an invitation to an old school reunion stirs something in her. Maybe, just maybe, reconnecting with the past might offer a different future.At the reunion, she meets Evans—charming, carefree, and painfully unserious. His constant jokes and inability to take anything seriously get under her skin. He’s the complete opposite of everything Vanessa thinks she wants. But the more their paths cross, the more she begins to see past his playful mask.Conversations turn real. Laughter softens tension. Feelings begin to flicker. But just as Vanessa begins to consider opening her heart again, she discovers the truth about Evans—one that shatters her carefully guarded world.