Sometimes a close friend is a true mate.
In the company of her pack, at work with the drunks, alone at her apartment—Amy Anderson wants to spend Christmas anywhere but home at her family's farm. Time with her parents and grandmother, her sisters and their families, reminds Amy of what she wishes she had—a mate and cubs of her own. Too bad the man she wants doesn't want her in return.
James Harkins has only ever loved one woman. He's protected her, confided in her, yet kept her at arm's length. But when Amy leaves town to visit her family for Christmas, he finds himself lost without her. After discovering her life may be in danger, there's nothing Harkins won't do to save Amy.