When Cora Carter signed up to command the U.S.S. Christina and its five-female crew, she never expected to be chased by pirates through an uncharted wormhole or forced to crash-land on a hostile planet where just about everything wants to kill her or eat her. And the big, hunky brute in the loincloth who keeps insisting that she's his fated mate? Well, he definitely wants to eat her.

Horok, crowned prince of Tarilax, is taking a short break from the heavy demands of the throne when he spies a ship go down in his beloved forest. It could only be another trick by his sworn enemy, the Goridians. But, when he goes to investigate, it's not an ugly, bloodthirsty savage that he finds. Instead, those wonderful benevolent gods have delivered him a divine little goddess of his very own, his amavi compar. Now, if can just convince her to stay!