Shawn Beaver-Hawman

When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone survivor must battle the elements — and her personal demons — to stay alive.

Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she's hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb's remote estate, Avery is given her one and only task; to participate in a controlled psychological experiment in fear that will serve as the basis for Caleb's next novel.

After the sudden death of her father the ancient power of shape shifting is transferred to Mekwan, a power she must learn to control in order to save her bloodline from the Whipman a hunter who will stop at nothing to eliminate her kind.