Humans are too fragile to withstand the mating bond of his species.
Alien pirate captain Qaiyaan has spent fifteen years raiding the corporation that exterminated his people. With no females left, love is a future he’s learned to live without. Then his crew salvages a failing cryo-pod, and the human inside awakens a hunger he can’t afford to indulge.
Lisa didn’t survive life as a con artist by trusting handsome strangers, especially enormous, copper-skinned pirates. But her twin brother is missing inside a secret corporate lab, and Qaiyaan may be her best chance of finding him.
If he doesn’t discover what she’s hiding first.
Making herself useful to a cash-strapped pirate crew should be simple for a woman who knows her way around a grift. Keeping her hands off their captain? That’s another matter.
Every stolen kiss makes Qaiyaan crave the impossible. His species’ mating bond would shatter a human’s mind, and when one kiss leaves Lisa unconscious in his arms, he knows the risk is real. Yet the pull between them feels like fate.
With ruthless enemies closing in, how can he keep her safe when the greatest danger is giving in to each other?