Marty liked her life just fine. She was alone in the world, and waiting on tables would get her by until she finished college, but the girl she was training wasnt working out. And the girl got her firednow what was she supposed to do? She needed that job to survive. Sterling Calhouns encounter with the she-devil was over, but the nightmares still lingered. The only thing that helped him deal with the nightmarish pain were his paintings. And through is Grandda he met Marty, his mate, but Sterling hadnt been himself for a very long time&. Marty knew a few shifters, so she knew what it meant when Sterling told her she was his mate. Oh, hell no, this guy had to be nuts, the mates she knew were a strange lot, and she didnt want any part of it&.