Emily Hamilton's family is instructed to send a woman to the Highlands of Scotland to be married to the laird of the Sinclair Clan. Her stepmother wants to send her hearing- impaired sister, so to save her younger sister from this horrible fate, Emily volunteers to go in her place. Friends are hard to come by in the harsh, foreign country where Emily is hated simply for being English. Not only that, Talorc, laird of the Sinclair Clan and Emily's groom-to-be, calls off the wedding when he decides he cannot tolerate her stubborn streak. Her only friend is Talorc's sister, Cait.

Cait and Emily are kidnapped by the Balmoral Clan in retaliation for the kidnapping and marriage of one of their women. Spirited away to a nearly impenetrable island fortress, their plan is to leave Emily behind. Emily lies to Lachlan, laird of the Balmorals, in hopes of saving her friend. Believing Emily to be the Sinclair laird's bride, Lachlan brings her along. Her plan backfires, however, when Cait, with much less reluctance than expected, marries Drustan.

Lachlan and Emily are intensely attracted to one another and struggle not to act on their desires. Both are stunned when Emily discovers that the clans Sinclair and Balmoral are Chrechte, powerful werewolves bound by centuries of tradition, and yet she is not repulsed by the revelation, but even more attracted to Lachlan. As their feelings for one another strengthen, making Lachlan consider going against clan rule to accept a human as his mate, a young Balmoral soldier is murdered and their future, as well as Cait and Drustan's, is threatened.

Lucy Monroe's MOON AWAKENING is a sensual, humorous story with intriguing and entrancing characters. The reader is treated to the story of Cait and Drustan, married as soon as they meet and overcoming differences to make their union successful, and Emily and Lachlan's story, opposites in so many ways and struggling against their attraction, eventually finding strength in their differences. Readers will enjoy watching the two alpha males tamed by their feisty women. This first book in the Children of the Moon series is outstanding, and I'm looking forward to future stories.