Connall Storm is a man with aspirations. A two-name bastard on the lost colony world of Last Hope, he expects this strictly pragmatic alliance to bring him the power and wealth he wants. First, he must take his new wife on a dangerous expedition into the Western Mountains-and bring her back alive. Little does he know that his exasperating, far-too-sexy wife will put his heart in as much danger as their lives. Arkana Crystal Song has blue blood, the finest education, and an unexpected, massively irritating new husband. He has promised to solve the riddle of her parents' deaths, but why does he accuse her of irrationality when their misadventures are all so clearly his fault? Their passionate arguments flare into genuine passion, but is their infant love powerful enough to defy an unknown-and utterly lethal-alien menace? Or will their love falter, putting not just them, but the entire human colony in jeopardy? Sizzling passion, sparkling adventure, and a splash of laughter follow Connall and Arkana as they discover love. But is that love strong enough to remake their entire world and save it from certain destruction?