In Highcrest Valley, a woman's future can be decided by the sound of her voice. At Pledge Night, young women stand before the elders and declare the homes, families, and promises they intend to uphold. Those who fail to secure their place risk losing their Hearth Right, the protection that allows them to remain on their family land. For twenty one year old Ivy Rennick, the ceremony is supposed to mark the beginning of a new life. She has spent three years loving Colt Mercer, a man who once promised that he would choose her regardless of what the valley thought. With her father's debts mounting and her stepmother determined to push her aside, Ivy has little left to hope for except the future Colt promised her. Then she discovers him in a place he has no business being, selling her dead mother's maps to a stranger. Beside him stands Dahlia, Ivy's beautiful younger half sister, whose singing voice has always won the admiration Ivy could never earn. Betrayed by the two people she trusted most, Ivy runs into a storm. At the river ford, she finds a vehicle sinking beneath the swollen water and a wounded man trapped inside. She has every reason to keep running, but she cannot leave him to die. Her decision saves the life of Callum Thorne, the feared Head of House Blackfell. Callum is powerful, wealthy, and surrounded by enemies. A family law requires him to marry before the first frost or risk losing his position to his ambitious uncle, Silas. As Callum searches for the unknown woman who pulled him from the river, Ivy returns home to discover that her father has plans for her future that leave her with almost no freedom. When Callum offers her a marriage arrangement, Ivy sees a way to protect herself and recover the belongings her mother left behind. She agrees on one condition: she will enter the marriage as his wife, never his possession. But just as their wedding is completed, Dahlia arrives with a shocking claim. She says she was the woman who rescued Callum. With only a small blue glass bead connecting him to his true rescuer, Callum must decide whom to believe. Meanwhile, Ivy begins to uncover the truth behind her mother's maps, the valley's precious springs, and a death that powerful people have worked hard to conceal. In a valley where the right voice can open doors and the wrong truth can get someone killed, Ivy must discover whether courage can speak louder than fear. Because the girl who could not sing may be the only person who can expose the most dangerous lie in Highcrest Valley.

Nora Bell has a handful of eggs left, a cheating fiancé, and one night to decide what she wants. She walks into her foster sister's fertility clinic and asks for a baby. She doesn't ask for a man. By morning, the procedure is done, and Nora believes she has finally taken control of her future. She is wrong. A vial has been switched. The sample used belongs to Julian Thorne, the cold and fiercely guarded Alpha of Silvercrest Pack. He has spent years protecting his family from enemies, and the last thing he expects is to discover that a stranger is carrying his child. But Julian isn't the only one who knows about the mistake. His uncle wants the child destroyed before it can threaten the secrets he has buried. As Nora struggles to protect her unborn baby, she discovers that her own past is not what she believed. Her strange senses, the gaps in her family history, and the danger following her may all be connected. One mistake. Two enemies. A child who was never meant to exist. How far will Nora go to protect a life she never planned for, and can a man who trusts no one learn to love the family he never expected to have?