Pureblood werewolf Gillian Maitland has struggled all her life to live up to her domineering father's expectations and demands, always hoping that some day he will look at her with pride. But nothing she does ever pleases Sir Averil, leaving her yearning for love and acceptance. Only once does Gillian find the courage to defy her father, when she goes to London during the Great War to volunteer at a military hospital and meets a young soldier who captures her heart. In an act of youthful rebellion, she gives the soldier her innocence, only to discover soon after that the soldier is part werewolf, and that she is now carrying his child. Terrified of her own feelings and the repercussions of her actions, Gillian abandons the soldier in London and returns home to Snowfell to face her father's wrath.

Twelve years later, New York homicide detective Ross Kavanaugh is still haunted by the memory of the sad, beautiful girl he fell in love with in London, but his more pressing concern is finding out who tried to frame him for murder, costing him his job and his reputation. But then Ross meets Toby, the son Gillian hid from him, after Toby stows away on a ship from England and tracks Ross down through the police station. When Gillian herself appears at his doorstep looking for Toby, Ross battles all the long buried feelings of passion that she invariably inspires, while venting his anger and hatred at her betrayal.

But Toby is determined to get his parents back together, and he manages to trick Ross into boarding the ship Toby and Gillian are taking back to England, then traps him in a storage compartment until the ship is out at sea. Toby knows that his mother is miserably unhappy, and that she has agreed to marry the werewolf of her father's choosing upon their return to England, a man who will no doubt resemble Sir Averil in his demanding and abusive ways. Toby also believes that Ross is the only person with the strength and courage to take a stand against Sir Averil. But when the pureblood werewolves descend on Snowfell for the Convocation which will decide Gillian's fate, an unexpected murder leads to accusations and bitter battles for control, with Gillian's, Toby's, and Ross's very lives hanging in the balance.

COME THE NIGHT is an intriguing, intense story. Gillian is a classic child of abuse, filled with self loathing and lacking in self confidence, but with a will of iron when it comes to the well-being of her son. Ross is also beaten down by the negative perceptions of others, which makes it difficult for him to fight for Gillian when she has made it clear that only a full blooded werewolf is acceptable in her father's, and therefore her, world. Villains abound in this novel, although the arch villain is horrifying on multiple levels. Toby is the one bright spot in all the darkness, and it's for his sake that both Gillian and Ross must fight to become their best selves, and in so doing, earn each other's love.