Kiera's best friend drags her across the universe to find her a man, only the man she's destined to meet is a battle-hardened warrior living in exile. Calculating A'Ran is too cautious to be surprised by whatever life throws at him - until faced with the challenge of becoming a worthy partner for his lifemate.

Ryder Quint is a fierce bounty hunter who always retrieves the target. He was recently assigned to a more difficult task. Oliver Limdur, a gay elf, has always been afraid of mostly everything he comes in contact with. That's why he has been on the run for five years; stealing food and clothes. The crimes he commits in order to stay alive and on the run are informed to Ryder's bounty agent. And now Oliver will be hunted down by the Ryder himself. But after they meet will something spark between them?

Life isn't easy for the Cartwright brothers. Having become emancipated from their parents and moved into a rundown share house with a handful of their friends, life becomes even more complicated when little brother Aiden's best friend runs away from her abusive stepfather and shacks up with them instead. Older brother Caleb is doing everything he can to keep their heads above financial water while Aiden struggles to hide his intellectual light under a bushel. And then, of course, there's the undeniable attraction each feels for the other...