Not every alien is an enemy, even if they kidnap you...Calista is happy with her life full of scientific research. She doesn't need a man, she has books, friends and a job. All goes well until her ship is attacked by space pirates and crashes on a desert planet with such intense heat that she and her friends cannot survive without outside help. Laydon is a serpent warrior resigned to living alone and wanting nothing more than to protect your treasures. His hopes of finding a mate have long faded, but when he meets Calista, something inside him comes to life. One glance is enough to understand that she belongs to him. He's been alone for so long, but she's his greatest treasure, and he'll protect her. Now there's just one small problem - she has to live long enough to figure it out. A devastated planet, a mysterious history, space pirates, environmental and alien dangers lurk them at every step. The sexy serpent warrior will have to take on the planet's biggest threat in an epic bid to get the one thing he knows Kalista needs to survive. Then perhaps they can begin to come to terms with the feelings they have for each other. But will other people accept this huge, dragon-like alien warrior? Or will they consider it as big a threat as the entire Red Planet? The future of both races depends on this.