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

I raised my shirt and sniffed, but although I had an excellent sense of smell, couldn’t scent anything. Might it be a parent thing? Both my fathers often knew when Mags and I were getting into mischief, although I’d never gotten up to anything back home like I just had with my friend here in the States. “Den.” A sudden thought occurred to me, and I said urgently, “We left that bathroom in a shambles. Your mother is going to have a fit when she realizes what we’ve been doing.”


“Nah. The master suite has its own bath. You worry too much, you know that, Day-O?”


I grabbed the Knowlton High sweatshirt he had put on and dragged him up on his toes until we were chest to chest. “You know I don’t care for that name?”


Totally unafraid, he wrapped one arm around my neck, ran his palm over my jaw, and kissed me. “Yeah, I know.” Just then the doorbell chimed. “That’ll be dinner.”


I was tempted to deepen the kiss, but set him on his feet and released him instead, then followed him to the door.


Chapter 35