Zaden Felinian has finally found a home for his pack after years of the traveling life of a mercenary. The need to find a mate of his own has only grown as his life became more stable. He hardly expected to find his mate as he waited in line for the next travel-gate.

High Indiri Tara Sedai is scouting for a planet suitable for a colony of Indiri healers. She's been looking at likely worlds for months and even at first glance, she finds nothing to recommend Deral.

She's trapped on Deral with a man who at first seems a little insane. Discovering that he's a shifter is the least of her worries. He's decided that she's his mate and that's just the start of her troubles.

Aliara Karissa Moshen is a woman with a mission . . . find a way to stay out of the Frejan Court, the Ice Court, and away from the advisors who think she needs to begin searching for her mate. She discovers a way when the Princes of the Volirian Realm, the Fire Realm, suddenly go missing.

Prince Tyral and Prince Callan would have had no trouble leaving the planet they had been thrown onto by an enemy's spell, but once they took a look around they were in no hurry. They'd seen this planet in their dreams and they knew that a woman should be on this planet. Determined not to leave without her, they wait on the planet.

Karissa enjoys her time with two of the sexiest men she has ever met. Tall, blue-green and sexy, Tyral and Callan change her life. When she returns home, she learns just how much. This isn't something she can run from or ignore.

Going to the Volirian Court, she knows she'll find different customs and ideas, but she never bargained on danger and someone determined to kill her.