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

Graduation proved to be a day of surprises. It had been warm and sunny, so the ceremony was held out on the track field, with family and friends seated in the bleachers. After Den and I had received our diplomas and tossed our caps in the air, he threw his arms around me and tried to swing me around, much to the amusement of classmates who’d learned it was better to smile at his antics than to try to bully him.


I pulled him up off his feet, and we both laughed. “Come on, bud. I’ll introduce you to my father.”


“Where is he? I’ll get my parents and bring them along.”


I pointed out where Pop and Uncle Lyn were helping my grandparents climb down from the bleachers.


I wove my way through the crowd, nodding and waving to the friends I’d made. It wasn’t hard for me to find my father and uncle, since I was so much taller than even the tallest of the people who’d come to attend the graduation.


“Where did Den go?” Uncle Lyn asked.


Chapter 40