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 wanted to make sure Papa left everything you might need,” he murmured in that charming accent of his.


Abruptly what he’d said sank in, and desire vanished. In the days since I’d shed the thrall of the drugs, I’d resolutely kept the images of that day on the Amazon at bay. I also clamped down on my mental link to them. Having tried once and come up against a blank wall, I had no intention of doing that again. Survival took precedence—survival and revenge. Mourning would have to wait.


I’d succeeded fairly well until now, just like that, the walls I’d built to encase my emotions crumbled. “Pa-papa?” My voice cracked. That one simple word was all it took to bring the sharp, painful loss of my fathers and sibling freshly to mind.


“It’s what we call the grandfather who brought you up here,” he began casually, then stiffened as he studied the torment I could feel chasing across my face. “We call our other grandfather Pere.”


Chapter 68