Chris Raal's mother used to help werewolves that hadn't found a charge to care for before their twenty-one days were up. After her death, Chris tried to lead a normal life. As normal as a warlock managing a bar for the most powerful witch in the world can hope for. All this changes when his boss, Tamara, enlists him to care for the first female werewolf born in almost one hundred years.

Chris promises to find Beth a charge, just like his mother used to do, but Beth is far more temperamental than any wolf Chris has ever met. Despite her anger with her situation and with him, Chris finds a woman he could actually care for underneath all her animosity. And if he can keep Tamara from killing him and Beth from tearing him to pieces, he just might be able find happiness with Beth.