In the old days people called him Krampen. Claw. Demon. He was a monster out of nightmares, and while most of the Collective has moved on from that early form, he’s always felt most comfortable in their primal shape. The claws, and wickedly agile tail and tongue are just too useful to give up. Especially now that he’s ready to choose a human mate. And even more so when that mate turns out to be a brat in desperate need of taming. The kind of taming only Krampus, the embodiment of punishment, can deliver. But his new mate isn’t just any brat. Brianna is a single mother, fierce and bold and determined to do whatever it takes to keep her daughter safe. Now Krampus will have to break every rule his kind has, if he wants to keep his mate and her child. And it’s a toss-up as to whether he’ll be the one doing the taming…. Or the one to be tamed.