Athinia Tandino, a reclusive and semi-famous romance author, escapes a harrowing past of domestic abuse and near death at the hands of her sadistic ex-husband, Phil. She builds a life of solitude in the mountains of Montana, turning an old shop into a cozy bookstore café and settling into a handcrafted cottage loft, her personal sanctuary filled with dreams of peace, love, and healing.

Still scarred emotionally and physically, Athinia plans to expand her world by opening a unique club catering to alternative lifestyles, hoping to merge her passions for romance, dance, and BDSM into a safe space for others. However, the trauma of her past lingers, especially with the unresolved disappearance of her best friend, Coleen, who helped her escape her abusive marriage and was likely murdered for it.

Unknown to Athinia, she is being watched, first by two local shifters, Kraven and Kieran, a panther and wolf pair who have admired her from afar, believing she is destined to complete their triad. As protectors of their hidden community of shifters, they want to reveal themselves and convince Athinia to write the true story of their kind to help shift public perception and offer redemption for their kind's secretive lives.

Meanwhile, Phil is still obsessed and determined to reclaim or destroy Athinia. With a multimillion-dollar life insurance policy as motivation, he and his accomplices, his son and best friend, plot her kidnapping and torment. They breach her high-tech security and begin a horrifying process of physical and psychological torture.

But Athinia is no longer the broken woman she once was. As Kraven and Kieran grow closer to her, first as helpful neighbors and then as trusted companions, they form a bond that might save her life and give her the love and safety she never thought she could have. Together, they must protect her from the evil encroaching on her life and find justice for the horrors she and Coleen endured.

This gripping romance blends suspense, paranormal elements, and emotional healing, set in a remote mountain town hiding more secrets than just Athinia's. It's a story of survival, the search for love after trauma, and the power of finding your true home, even if it's guarded by a wolf and panther.