<p><em>One man in search of a place to call home stumbles into the arms of another wishing for a mate to complete his.</em></p><p></p><p>Cooper Tessen enforcer for the Phantom River Pack and Sheriff of Stonepass has watched each of his two best friends enjoy their mated bliss. He's thrilled they've found happiness however he feels a distance growing between him and his blood brothers because he has no experience of the connection between a shifter and his mate. Cooper fills the hours of his lonely days by spending as much time as possible working at the station to protect his town and secretly off on dangerous missions for the government. Burning the candle at both ends gives him little time to focus on his longing to have a mate of his own.Darren Caisil is on the run. Accused of a murder he didn't commit it's either become a lone wolf or be killed by the very pack he'd spent his life trying to serve. He hits rock bottom when he finds himself lost alone hungry and freezing in nowhere Montana during the dead of winter. His last semi-conscious thought as he succumbs to the inevitable is that an angel is lifting him towards heaven. When he wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings he finds it wasn't an angel after all but a man. And not any man but another wolf shifter¿one who claims to be Darren's mate.As they explore their mating bond Cooper tries to get Darren to open up about his past but the man refuses to share his secrets. Frustrated Cooper decides to do a little digging on his own. Unfortunately it seems Cooper's investigation may have stirred up a hornet's nest when it draws the attention of some of Darren's former pack members who are bent on revenge.</p>