When healer Eleri flees her home on Gaia to escape her brother's dangerous drug addiction, she expects challenges: alien patients, living on a frontier planet, and a mating contract with a latil'e male she's never met.
What she doesn't expect? S'samph taking one look at her and declaring their arrangement "a mistake."
But Eleri didn't cross hyperspace to beg for anyone's approval. She came to heal people, not entertain a brooding male who didn't even bother to read a single page of the information packet on humans. But when raiders start targeting their town, S'samph's protective instincts kick in alongside some very inconvenient feelings about his unwanted mate.
The problem? Now he has to win back her attention. Eleri's already proving she doesn't need rescuing. She's got medical expertise, a ferocious new sister, and zero patience for alien males who can't figure out their own feelings. As attacks escalate and their community faces destruction, both must decide if they're finally brave enough to fight for each other and the life the struggle to believe they deserve.
When healer Eleri flees her home on Gaia to escape her brother's dangerous drug addiction, she expects challenges: alien patients, living on a frontier planet, and a mating contract with a latil'e male she's never met.
What she doesn't expect? S'samph taking one look at her and declaring their arrangement "a mistake."
But Eleri didn't cross hyperspace to beg for anyone's approval. She came to heal people, not entertain a brooding male who didn't even bother to read a single page of the information packet on humans. But when raiders start targeting their town, S'samph's protective instincts kick in alongside some very inconvenient feelings about his unwanted mate.
The problem? Now he has to win back her attention. Eleri's already proving she doesn't need rescuing. She's got medical expertise, a ferocious new sister, and zero patience for alien males who can't figure out their own feelings. As attacks escalate and their community faces destruction, both must decide if they're finally brave enough to fight for each other and the life the struggle to believe they deserve.
Tropes
Found Family
Arranged Mating/Marriage
Alien Anatomy
Slow Burn
Brooding MMC
Competent FMC
Dual POV
Small Town Romance
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