Jared Montgomery is just going through the motions every day. There’s no color in his world, no joy; he’s spiraling faster and faster every day, fighting harder and harder against his inner grizzly to keep his human skin. Then he meets Adara Carmichael, a feisty human who’s been hired as the cook on his family’s ranch. She’s slowly pulling him out of the darkness and into the light. There’s just one problem: she’s a human. He swore to never love a human again, no matter what his bear is telling him. Adara is a woman with secrets; secrets that could hurt the Montgomerys. She came to their ranch to be their silent protector, but she’s falling for Jared. Hard. But she’s scared that if she spills her secrets, he’ll hate her forever. There’s no choice she can make that has a happy ending. With danger approaching, Adara is forced to make a decision. Should she tell Jared what she really is and why she’s there, risking everything; or keep her secrets, making protecting the Montgomerys that much harder. Will Adara be able to protect the family she’s come to love? Will Jared ever be able to forgive her for the secrets she’s kept?