She needs a werewolf... and a wedding. Lydia's inheriting a werewolf pack... and a vicious bully who wants to take it over. By pack law, only the alpha and their mate can fight a challenger, and Lydia can't take on that monstrous wolf by herself. She needs a mate. Fast. And when she runs into charming wanderer Case, she just might have found what she's looking for. Case never thought he was the marrying kind. But when a gorgeous stranger marches up to him with the weirdest proposal he's ever heard, something in him can't resist. Sure, becoming a werewolf is dangerous enough even without signing up to help fight for a pack's survival, but Case has always loved adventure. And Lydia might be the biggest adventure of all. The one thing neither of them was ready for was falling in love—and realizing they're mated by fate, not just convenience....