Overview

In a battle between love and vengeance, can two broken souls find peace and protect their sanctuary? Asra I'm a reject, cast out of my own pride. For a hundred years, I've lived alone in the forest, my inner lion yearning for a mate. When Kade offers me a home in Snowbush Falls, I eagerly accept, as loneliness has begun to freeze my heart. In my first year in Snowbush Falls, I reconnect with my cousin Katherine, who helps me integrate into the community. I keep myself busy by volunteering for anything the town needs. Then my old pride arrives, settling in one of the empty villages. Kade urges me to let go of my grudge and make amends with my alpha, but I stubbornly refuse. On a routine delivery with my alpha, my brother Ekon, I catch the sweet scent of my fated mate. But there's a problem. She’s broken, abused mentally, physically, and emotionally by her family, used as a slave for their pleasure. The joke about lion shifters is that we're notorious for holding grudges. I can't forgive what her family has done to my mate. I want them dead, and I won’t stop until justice is served. Jada I thought my only escape was death. Since I was five, I've been a servant to my cruel stepmother and stepsisters after my father died. Instead of sending me to foster care, she kept me as her slave, exploiting me for free labor. My life has been confined to cooking, cleaning, and yard work, with brutal beatings as punishment for any mistake. With patriarchy on the rise, my choices seemed limited: stay and suffer, or leave and face a similar fate with a man. But everything changes when a lion shifter catches my scent. Asra, a stunning and powerful shifter, rescues me from my torment and does everything she can to help me heal. However, I feel too broken to be saved. Why would the goddess Fate pair this loving shifter with someone as damaged as me? Despite my doubts, I feel an undeniable pull toward her that keeps me close. Asra is driven by a desire for revenge, determined to kill the women who tortured me for years. But Kade, our community leader, warns that any act of vengeance on human land could spark a war and destroy everything they've worked so hard to build. Can I persuade Asra to abandon her quest for revenge, or will her need for retribution overshadow everything and ruin the peaceful community Kade and Damon have created? My future—and the future of our sanctuary—depends on it.