When a deliberate act of sabotage grounds her transport, ambitious diplomat Samantha Reyes is forced to hire a slow cargo hauler and its mysterious alien pilot to reach a critical peace summit. Trapped in close quarters for weeks, her initial mistrust of the Xylosian courier gives way to a dangerous, all-consuming attraction that could either save her career or destroy it completely.

Fleeing a forced marriage, a desperate bride runs into a cursed forest and falls into the hands of its ancient, antlered god. He offers her sanctuary for a price: a magical pact that binds her to him through a series of increasingly intimate rituals, blurring the line between captive and consort.