Nina Blackwell had no intention of going back to Ember Ridge. Not after being ghosted by the one pack she ever trusted, left to weather her first heat alone. But when her cousin insists she show up for the town’s Summer Solstice Gala—and she’s cornered by the smug heir who once humiliated her—she blurts out that she’s already bonded.

Enter her unexpected rescue: a rough-edged but tight-knit pack of four males who pretend they’ve been courting her all along. Except… the pretending part starts to blur faster than Nina expected.

Ronan (Alpha): the stoic ex-military medic who’d rather growl than talk

Ash (Alpha): the artist with a wicked mouth and an even filthier imagination

Theo (Alpha): the soft-spoken cook who feeds everyone but never asks for anything

Silas (Beta): the strategist who sees the truth in her before she can admit it herself

What begins as a bluff turns into a bond Nina never saw coming. Especially when her next heat crashes in early and her body betrays her resolve. Suddenly, she’s in their den, wearing their clothes, soaked in their scent—and fighting feelings that don’t feel fake anymore.

Silas knows Nina wasn’t meant for them, but she fits too easily, too naturally. And once instincts awaken and the pack starts circling her like she’s already claimed, it might be too late to walk away.

Even if she came back to Ember Ridge with something to prove… she may leave it with four mates she never expected—and a future she never dared

to hope for.

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