Change swept through the packs of North America, leaving in its wake seven packs where once only five stood. Old enemies still lurk, past hatreds fester, and the shadow of invaders linger. The challenge of diplomacy, evaluating the old laws, and instituting the new ones falls squarely on the shoulders of the pack Seconds. It's a whole new world, and what took so long to construct...remains vulnerable.Luc Danes is Second, and best friend, to Brett Dalton the Alpha of Hudson River. He has his hands full training healer and alpha's mate Colby in how to defend herself as well as hone her wolf senses. It's not a bad life for a bachelor wolf, not really-except lately, all the eligible females have turned him down. No dates. No playing. Nothing. He's untouchable. Turns out no one wants to lay a finger on what rumors have labeled the Alpha's property as the third to the alpha's pairing leaving Luc one shocked and frustrated wolf.Just the position he wants to be in when paired with the stunning Charlie who doesn't know him at all and is unlike any other wolf he's known. So why can't he even earn a second look?Charlotte "Charlie" Miller works in the city, an urban wolf, she rarely sheds her skin for fur. As an executive handling day-to-day meetings for her alpha in New York and around the world, she knows how to handle even the most difficult of individuals. But changes in pack structures across the country require a different kind of handling, and Brett calls in his chief negotiator to back up his Second, and to give him a crash course in diplomacy. Unfortunately, Charlie has dealt with wolves and humans just like Luc before and it doesn't matter how sexy he is, she refuses to be impressed.