Cocky. Selfish. Arrogant. Immortal. Chief Mataio Tauati took over his father’s post as Lord of The Underworld at just seventeen years of age, mere weeks after his father's passing. Twelve years later, he’s become the strongest god of his ancestral lineage. To challenge him is a death sentence and, for the most part, everyone understands the rules—no one defies the Lord of the Underworld. For the most part. Archaeologist Tia Coleman seems hell-bent on proving herself as the exception. He refuses to believe this woman who isn't afraid to challenge him and doesn't do a thing he asks is supposed to eventually be the reason his heart beats. Being the strongest means there’s no room for weakness, no matter how much she softens him, and there’s no room to be vulnerable, no matter how easily she brings him to his knees.

I, Kerah Moss, was on the fast-track to becoming the first veterinarian in my family. Academics - check. Accolades - double-check. But then, a drop of forbidden passion entered my life, and like with all things forbidden, trouble followed and trapped me in the relationship that led to the near-fatal car accident that ended my veterinary career. Five years later, my life is mostly back on track. I’ve got a career I love and veterinary school is once again a possibility. Everything is perfect...except for the hot-tempered former Army pilot who comes barging into the animal rescue I run at least once a week. Elias the Wicked. It’s how he’s known to all the staff. A name I created for him. He’s rude, coarse, and bullish...but whatever he throws at me, I give it back just as good. He’s also sinfully gorgeous. And I want him. He's more trouble than what I've already put myself through, but I want him. However, everything is fine as long as I don’t find out he wants me too. As long as this coarse, bullish man doesn’t reignite the lust and desire, which I assumed I'd suppressed long ago, in the most erotic ways.