A fierce female shifter hiding her inner beast catches the attention of the four most powerful males at their monster-hunter training school in this first book in an addictive, “why choose” paranormal romance trilogy that’s Psycho Shifters meets Zodiac Academy.

In the world of shifter elite, a safe female is one without power. For Avery, that means hide or die. But when wraiths invade her neighborhood and shit goes sideways, becoming a Guardian—a lethal warrior who fights the monsters that invade when the moon is dark—might be the only way to earn herself, and her beast, protection. The Guardian training program is held at the local shifter college, so Avery packs up her swords and her brother, and off to school she goes.

It’s no surprise that training is sexist as hell. But Avery didn’t expect to be trapped inside the campus walls, battling magical simulations rather than joining forces with the Guardians waging real war on the monsters outside. Instead, the trainees vie for bragging rights and points on the leaderboard.

But Avery won’t be distracted from her goals by petty clout-chasing among the students—and especially not by the pull she feels to the most powerful quad of males in the program: Heath Blackwell, the dominant Alpha wolf and quad leader; Wyatt Gale, the cocky playboy bear shifter; Aiden Blackwell, the uptight jaguar who’s also her professor; and Elijah Harrow, the terrifying yet entrancing basilisk.

Avery will fight this infuriating attraction because she knows the score. Powerful quads want a central bond with a powerless, submissive female, and that will never be her future.

Become a Guardian. Stay alive. Nothing else matters.