Saoirse McColl, a research biologist, keeps getting fired from labs for refusing to produce results the clients want. Her best friend suggests she look for a new line of work. She applies to an ad for a high school biology teaching job at an academy in northwestern Maine that promised living quarters plus salary.

Diego Vargas, a werewolf, is the principal of the academy, despite having no background in education. He has proven to the pack leader that he is dependable and detail-oriented, but he hates hiring new teachers, not knowing what to ask them.

Once Saoirse is in his office, Diego can't concentrate because his wolf loves her smell. When it turns out that she is the best-qualified candidate, Diego and his wolf rejoice, because both are convinced she's their mate. But she's not a shifter, so they need to bide their time, waiting for the right moment to inform her that she's living in a compound of mostly wolf shifters.

Can these two find happiness together, once the scientist discovers that myth is reality?