Jeanette Bradley is used to disappointment. Still single at forty-six, it seemed to her that all of her dreams had been squashed over the years. When she realizes that her hearing loss has progressed to the point she can no longer play her saxophone well, she resigns herself to yet another joy that is gone. But then she meets Remy, a handsome man who makes her heart flutter, and she thinks she may have gotten an early Christmas present. When he reveals to her that he is a werebear, a creature she didn't know existed, and that she can become one too Jeanette is faced with a life-altering decision. If she wants to follow her heart she must enter the secretive world of werebear or lose Remy forever.