After Libby Evans is rescued from slavers and reunited with her best friend on the planet Tarron she thought she’d finally gained her freedom. Unfortunately, the ruthless nephew of the Rivean Mining Corporation’s powerful owner enacts a clause in the bridal contract she thought had terminated with her husband’s death. Willing or not, she has one week before he arrives to make her his wife.

Determined not to spend the rest of her life in a marriage she doesn’t want, Libby has no choice—she must find a Tarron male willing to claim her. Hard to do when the one man she’d gladly submit to is the hunter who wants nothing to do with her. 

After being rejected by the woman he believed to be his true mate, Erak Dakros has sworn never to let another female into his life—or near his heart. Protecting Libby until she returns to Rivean should have been an easy assignment. He had no idea the beautiful human would tempt his animal nature and unlock the desire buried deep inside him.