When I catch my neighbor trying to steal my cat, I do what anybody would do. I hit him with a spade. That's when I discover my mild-mannered, cute, but boring neighbor is actually an alien. With fur. And claws. He doesn't work in finance, either. He's an interstellar bounty hunter. According to him, I've been aiding and abetting a fugitive in the form of my cat, Mr. Tiddles. When I refuse to give Mr. Tiddles up, I find myself dragged before a merciless alien court. I have no chance of beating the charges, and the sentence is not what I expected. I become the bounty. I become his chain-kept. I become the alien's kitty.

I've sold myself a thousand times. But he is the one who owns me. Caught in a war, I meet an alien bad boy with fangs and claws. His name is Scratch, and he lives to break rules. Scratch rubs me the wrong way. Scratch gets under my skin. Scratch gives me every reason to hate him, but I can't stop giving myself to him. Every time he claims me, I fall a little bit further into what I hope isn't love. Please, don't let me fall in love.