Penn is a slave, and human, in a 1920s Britain run by wolves. And if his wolf master is also his lover, it does him little good – not when the Dam of the pack, Renally's mother, is set on getting him married off, to an aristocratic wolf-girl...
What to do? Penn looks to his own interests, and takes the chance offered him by Renally's mother – to help her select a wife for the pack alpha. Renally Hotstaat – her son, Penn's lover.
But Lettice Parrin is a wild, wild wolf-girl, though she seems so meek and mild at first. And this can only lead to more trouble for Penn...