To keep his fractured kingdom from falling, Aldthos Mistlestead, the Alpha King, declares he will choose a queen. Sorcha Mistlethorpe is a penniless apothecary owner sent to sabotage the selection-a woman with a dangerous secret and nothing left to lose. She never expected to become the front-runner, or to fall for the duty-bound, brooding king she was ordered to betray. But her secret is bigger than a crown: she carries a lost royal bloodline, and choosing her would shatter the treaty his kingdom depends on. A royal, forbidden-love wolf shifter romance with a guaranteed HEA. No cliffhanger.