Ava Brayda dreamed of a gorgeous stranger, only to discover that he belonged to someone else. Needing a distraction, she jumped at the chance to take a trip to the homelands. But she quickly learned that nothing was as it seemed, and everything she thought she knew was an elaborate story to protect her from the truth.

D'mitri Montez suffered unbearable loneliness while he sat back and watched his brother find his own mate and start a family. When D'mitri's mate finally came, he thought he had it made. Until he had to face his worst fear. The possibility of losing the one he'd waited so long for.