Lennox doesn't argue when people tell him he'll never take down the sex trafficking ring that kidnapped his sister—but he doesn't listen to them either. Reaver and his men took Alexa a decade ago, and no one knew what had happened to her until her body was found in a ditch last year, the brand of a "pet" on the small of her back. Lennox has finally found a way in, and all he needs now is some hired muscle and someone beautiful enough to pass as a pet.

Wesley doesn't want to be sent deeper into the prison on Vaharis 6. After his friend Kai signs on to be Lennox's bodyguard, Wesley agrees to pose as a pet so Lennox can infiltrate one of the cartel leader's private pleasure resorts. The investigator's attractive enough Wesley takes to his role quickly. They come together as if they were made for each other, and soon the trust they forge starts to feel like something more. But with danger around every corner, and numerous lives on the line, the last thing either of them needs to do is get too attached...