He’s the monster they warned her about. She’s the peace he swore he’d never need. Welcome to Garnet Ridge, where the mountains hold secrets and the full moon demands blood. City girl Elara came for solitude, to heal her broken heart in the quiet of a rundown rose farm. What she found was a town living in fear, and a man whose very presence makes the air crackle with a dangerous, primal energy. Cade is the guardian of the Ridge, a werewolf bound by a brutal legacy to protect the land and keep his volatile pack in line. Scarred, solitary, and simmering with a rage he can barely control, he wants nothing to do with the fragile human with the scent of rain and defiance. But when a rival pack marks Elara’s land as their new hunting ground, Cade’s savage instincts roar to life. To protect her, he must claim her. To claim her, he risks the fragile control that keeps his beast—and his enemies—at bay. As the moon swells and the threat closes in, their forbidden passion ignites a war between duty and desire. Elara must decide if the man behind the monster’s eyes is worth the target on her back. And Cade must choose: let the woman who calms his storm go… or unleash the full fury of the wolf to keep her. In the shadow of the mountains, love is the most dangerous hunt of all.