Nine months ago, Paige Matthews' boyfriend disappeared and took her sense of stability with him. But when the opportunity to live with her aging grandmother in Salem arises, she decides it's time to get on with her life. A new home, new job, and new friends are adding up to a beautiful summer... ...until a young girl's body shows up one night in town, wearing a pentagram necklace exactly like Paige's. Ultan is a bear shifter in an elite Irish clan. He's a protector, looking out for the weak just as his ancestors have. But when his new assignment is a beauty who's life is threatened, he struggles to separate business and pleasure. He has to have her, but how can he when she doesn't even know he exists?