She had one ordinary life. One impossible night changed everything.
Elena Hart is human.
At least, she was certain she was until she wakes inside the mysterious Vale Manor and is told that an ancient magical contract has chosen her as the bride of Lucian Vale—the dangerously powerful heir to a cursed wolfborn bloodline.
There is just one problem.
They have never met.
And they must marry before midnight.
If Elena refuses, the curse will claim them both.
Lucian has spent fifteen years trying to prevent this exact night. Cold, controlled and determined to keep Elena at a distance, he insists their marriage will be nothing more than an arrangement for survival.
Separate rooms.
No jealousy.
No pretending.
And absolutely no kissing.
Then their wedding awakens something neither of them expected.
A mate mark.
Suddenly Elena can feel Lucian's emotions, his wolf recognizes her as his own, and the supernatural families who wanted the Vale heir for themselves begin questioning whether a human bride has any right to stand beside him.
But the closer Elena and Lucian become, the more dangerous their bond grows.
Because loving a Vale heir has killed before.
As buried secrets reveal the truth behind the original curse, Lucian faces an impossible choice between the bloodline he was born to protect and the woman he was never supposed to love.
And Elena must decide whether the husband she was forced to marry is the man she would freely choose.
A romantic, tension-filled paranormal story of forbidden attraction, supernatural danger, fated mates and a marriage that begins with a curse—but may end in a love powerful enough to break it.