Samantha is a doctorate student working on quite an interesting thesis paper about myths and legends and where they came from. She has become fascinated by the story surrounding Wolf Lake - and decides to go for a visit. What she doesn't count on is finding out that all the myths and legends are true when she runs into a pack of werewolves. Their leader Nefarious seems extremely intrigued by Sam, but his beta, Roland, thinks she needs to be disposed of.
This is very much a "back to basics" werewolf story. They live in the wild away from civilization for a reason, and they enjoy doing it as well. The tensions between Nefarious as alpha and Roland as a very strong beta were perfectly written. Sam was full of spunk and fight - willing to do whatever it took to have everything turn out her way. It was a great introduction to a new werewolf series, and I was very excited to dive right into book two.