Andrew Dorincourt has the blood of powerful shifters in his veins. It’s his job to take care of his siblings, who are his pack, and he has no intention of letting anything get in the way. However, he’s seen the love shared not only by his parents but by the Papas, the men who raised his mother, and he wants that for himself. The problem is none of the young women he’s dated have left him wanting anything more than to go home alone. Perhaps he’d have more success by dating men, as his brother does. Only it seems he’s not very successful at that, either. Da’ric is the son of Ric’u, a Brachi who’d been stranded on Terra for decades, and David Knight, an ichthyologist who traveled up the Amazon in search of his heart’s desire. Seeing the deep love his fathers have for each other, Da’ric determines to settle for nothing less. At any rate, the dating pool is pretty much empty in the Lagoon of Dreams, and so he goes to the States, where he intends to become a herpetologist. In order to do that, he must mingle with normals, Terrans who have no idea extraterrestrials share the planet with them. When he walks among Terrans, he must disguise his heritage by wearing sunglasses to conceal his rainbow-colored eyes and long-sleeved shirts to hide his scale-patterned skin. After being kidnapped and sold to a high-ranking member of the London underworld to be displayed as the Snake Boy, Da’ despairs of ever seeing his beloved family again, until Drew wanders into the House of Oddities and helps Da’ escape. Is it fate, kismet, or destiny that brings together the offspring of two very unique families? Have these two been waiting for each other, and will the future hold the love they’d both been seeking?

Rainbows in Your Eyes

Her cousin came rushing in. “What’s…? Oh God. Oh God!” She clapped a hand over her mouth and dashed back to her own room.


“I’ll send for the hotel doctor.” Shani got on the house phone. “Please send the doctor to room 712.”


The doctor examined not only Aunt Dinah and Kitty, but Mrs Lancaster and Lydia, who were also complaining of feeling ill.


“Most likely you ladies have a touch of food poisoning,” he said in a thick German accent. “I suggest letting nature run its course, and afterward—dry toast and tea.”


It was unfortunate for Aunt Dinah and Kitty, although not for Shani. This gave her the perfect opportunity to slip away unnoticed.


Fortune had indeed smiled on her. It wasn’t difficult at all for her to change into traveling clothes, gather up her satchel, and vanish.


Warrick stood in the shadows and watched as the young woman hurried through the train station. Beside him, his lover whistled softly. “She is a beauty.”


Chapter 11