Librarian, Madelyn Walters, never expected to marry, until she fell instantly in love with two new Spellbound, North Dakota residents, Kade Torrente and Herrick Valais. They are shape-shifters, and she’s their mate. Unfortunately, she’s also cursed. They want Madelyn with a desperation they refuse to relinquish. She fights the temptation of their bloodbond ceremony to mate forever, insisting she can’t marry them or terrible things will happen. Kade and Herrick barely escaped their former Lithuanian Realm after Kade failed to disclose a secret prophecy to their wrathful, unforgiving king. The young monarch promptly sentenced him to death, and their initial plan to depart was thwarted. Maintaining the purity of their bloodbond shifter race is second only to disallowing anyone to leave their hidden fortress. Unfortunate, since no females have been born to the Realm for twenty years. Will Madelyn’s secrets ruin their solitary chance to mate, and what if the king finds out they survived beyond the Realm’s harsh exile?