Every twenty years a small group of warriors from Mu Arae 7 come to Earth to find their brides. Andreas captures Terah on the hill near where his spaceship lands and knows he has obtained his bride. He claims her immediately because he knows she’s the only woman for him. Terah's running from trouble when she’s captured to be an alien’s slave. There’s nothing she can do to escape...but would she even want to?

After being captured by aliens, Flame is locked in a room, unsure of her fate. When a huge, muscular man with purple eyes shows up, she is taken to his quarters to be his slave. Chad was thrilled to find his bride so soon after arriving from Mu Arae 7, that he claimed her with haste. Now he has to work on showing her he doesn’t just own her, he also cares about her.

Duncan is filled with rage. All through the long journey from Mu Arae 7 he’d envisioned his bride as an opulent, curvaceous, dark-skinned beauty, and he’d ended up with short, thin, light-skinned Raine. He wants to ignore her but the call between them is too strong. He claims her with lust and desperation, not love. Raine accepts that she’s Duncan's slave, but she’s also determined to explore the underground well. With or without his permission. With so many obstacles against them, can their lust develop into love?

None of the huge aliens from Mu Arae 7 have chosen Skye to be their slave. Not that she wants to be a slave, but she’s lonely now that all her friends have been taken. Then Gabriel comes along. For an alien, he’s kind to her even though she doesn’t always understand what he wants. Skye feels hopelessly inadequate, and so much less worthy than anyone else here. Why does he want to claim her? Gabriel knows he wants Skye, but how can he convince her to trust and accept him when he’s captured her?

Nora hopes to find a husband at the Gathering, but the directions they were given are wrong and a huge cliff separates them from the path they need to travel. Mu Araen warrior Herman keeps watch on the nav system hoping to find his bride. Instead he finds an entire community stranded and in trouble. Will he find his bride here?

A man attacks Sue at the Gathering, but Fletcher arrives to rescue and claim her. Sue knows nothing about Fletcher or Mu Arae, but something is drawing her to this man. Something irresistible. Meanwhile, several communities are lost. Fletcher, being the paramedic on the team, worries he should to be looking for them. But how can he leave his bride before he claims her?