A grieving King, a lost island girl, and a love that changes them forever…

After losing her intended Mate, Artemis Brimwood, future King of Nestia, is bereft. Broken. Beyond consolation. There's simply no room in her heart for someone else—anyone else. Yet her mother's incessant pressure to wed and continue the Brimwood name leads Art to Aeryn Sweetwater, an island girl at heart who desires nothing more than her mother and her Alpha's approval.

But Art doesn't need a Mate—she has no use for one. So she concocts a mutually beneficial scheme with Aeryn: the omega will agree to bear her pups through artificial insemination, and they will lead separate, fulfilling lives. Everyone's happy.

But there's more to Aeryn than meets the eye, and day after day, Art falls deeper into the spell cast by bouncing curls, milky moonlit skin and a soft, submissive heart.

Just as balance is restored to Art's life, the past returns to hurt those she loves the most.

An upright warrior captures the captain of a smuggling operation, but their torment has just begun…

As Deputy Major General of the High Nestian army, Thea Newquist has a reputation to live up to. Often lauded as King Artemis' right-hand-woman, Thea is sworn to uphold the law and keep the peace on the Seventh Star.

However, there have been reports of foreign tech popping up in the cities. A handheld Touch communicator is harmless. But what about a blaster? Or high-grade weapons?

No. The situation is untenable.

In the middle of a private mission for Art, Thea notices a sketchy, sleek submarine emerging from the depths of the ocean, charting its own path in the waters. Curiosity pushes her to track the vessel, and duty prompts her to capture the person who's dropping off a shipment of illegal goods.

Only... She doesn't expect her new prisoner to be a tattooed, fiery-haired brat that simply won't admit defeat. At every turn, the captured Captain fights her tooth and nail, but Thea simply doesn't have the willpower to fight back. With every flick of wild curls and hiss from those pink lips, it is becoming clear that this little omega is about to go into Heat.

And it is up to Thea to get the Captain back to the city before those pulsing pheromones sunk them both.