Book 2 in the Blood Lines series Ellie is a social anthropologist intent on studying the people of Corsova. When her plane crashes in the mountains, she's rescued by a group who call themselves the Pack. When she discovers they're a community of werewolves, she's determined to publish her study and write her own ticket at her university department. She's not going to let her attraction to the leader, Rica, stand in her way. Even when the single men of the Pack challenge each other for the right to claim her, she views it objectively.until Rica wins, and she becomes his mate. Suddenly, her lofty academic principles are obliterated in the face of overwhelming desire.