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

“Don’t put the shirt on yet. Pop always used to keep aloe vera on the Jo. Let me see if he has some on this boat.”


“Ah! Success!” He showed me the bottle and led me to another cabin. I was about to question our change of location, but, Our cabin. He continued, “Desejo do Cora??o, Pop’s first boat.” The expression in his eyes became sad. “She was a good boat. Those bastards blew her up that day.”


“Da’.” Things began to fall into place. “The first night we were together, the first night you were in my bed, you spoke in your sleep. It…erm…it sounded like Joe. I thought it was a…a lover’s name.”


He was pouring lotion into his palm, and he paused. His eyebrows rose. “You thought I would call another man’s name while I was with you?” He gestured for me to turn around so he could examine the reddening patches.


I obeyed, embarrassed now by the jealousy I’d felt. “Yes, well…” I cleared my throat. “Sorry.” I decided to change the subject. “What does desejo do cora??omean?”


Chapter 110