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

God, you’re a sick cub, I castigated myself. The man is traumatized. Get your mind out of the bedroom


“The first time I had a bad reaction and nearly died.”


Died? He’d nearly died? How close had I come to never having met him?


“The second time they were smarter and used a paralytic that would only keep me down for about ten minutes.” He stood up, flinching a little from the pressure the too-tight shoes put on his feet. “We can’t leave yet.”


“Why not?” Abruptly I looked around. “What was that?” I would have sworn I heard someone calling to me.


Da’ric ignored me, once again hunting through the toolbox. “Ah. This should do it.” He held up a pair of wire cutters. “I have to go back and get the wolf. She comes with me.”


That forlorn little voice and the earlier scream I’d thought might be Cilla’s—Was that the wolf?


Chapter 60