Being rescued was the start of a new life for Alex. He never thought he'd live through the abuse and torment at his captors hands, but somehow he had and now he was in a town called Salutem trying to recover. He wasn’t sure if he ever would. The things he’d endured, the things he’d witnessed cause nightmares that didn’t seem to fade when the morning sun rose. Some days Alex wondered if he should have been saved at all but here he was, trying to move forward with his life when he didn’t know how to get through each day. Cyan Dubois loved Salutem and what it represented: safety. A place where shifters could feel safe and be who they were meant to be without living in fear. There was only one thing missing and that was his mate. When Cyan meets Alex he realizes that at last he’s found his mate but he needs to take his time. His mate, his Alex, had suffered and is nowhere near ready to accept Cyan or what their mating would entail. When Alex turns away from Cyan, too afraid to be the mate Cyan knows he can be, Cyan is devastated. With there appearing to be no chance of ever having a relationship with his mate, Cyan is left to wonder what the future holds for him. Could he wait for Alex to move past his fear or was their relationship doomed before it even began?

Could a wrong turn change the course of your life? Darrell Ford should have turned right when he turned left and on top of that mistake his car decided it was time to pack up and die. Moving was meant to be the start of a new life for Darrell, he had a new job and new apartment waiting for him but his wrong turn had stranded him on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. When a kind stranger picks him up, Darrell’s life is about to change in a way he never saw coming. The moment Jake Crocker saw Darrell he knew his search for a mate was over and it seemed as though Darrell felt the same way. It wasn’t long before they were burning up the sheets. But their passion died quickly when Jake reveals the truth about himself and Darrell runs from him straight into his enemy’s hands. Can Jake and his friends save Darrell, and if they do, will Darrell ever be able to accept who and what Jake is?

Can Clarke convince his mate to accept him, or will he lose him before he has the chance? The falling snow was the first hint that Marco Gomez’ weekend away with friends might not turn out how he expected. The bear coming into their campsite was the next. The third was the man who came to their rescue. A man who would change the course of Marco’s life. When Clarke Sterling heard the bear, he wasn’t concerned. He was in the woods after all. The whimpers of fright however weren’t expected. Saving three men from the bear infuriated him—they had signs posted to prevent this from occurring—until he caught the scent of his mate. Staring into the eyes of his saviour Marco felt an undeniable attraction, one he was more than happy to explore until he Clarke told him exactly who Marco was to him. Marco knew all about shifters and mates and wanted nothing to do with it. He had his future planned and it didn’t involve a mate. But the separation haunted him. A long distance relationship developed until the scientist found Marco. Reacting in fear and anger Marco ended their relationship leaving Clarke shattered at the loss of his mate. Could they bridge the gap between them and could Clarke keep his mate safe now the scientists knew about him?

Could an event in the past destroy the future? Alekzander Krawowski hated humans. He despised the very air they breathed. Humans had killed his friend and Alek wanted nothing to do with them. One day in Sam’s Coffee Shop he ran into his mate—a human. Was fate or whatever it was having a laugh at his expense? No way was he mating a human, not even when his entire body was pulling him towards the man. Nope, wasn’t going to happen. Rhys Monahan had been living in Salutem after his sister mated a shifter and they’d moved there. Rhys got the surprise of his life when he was knocked to the ground and stared up at the gorgeous shifter. He felt the pull, the connection and knew what it meant. What Rhys couldn’t understand was why Alek hated him so much. Could Alek move on from his past and embrace his future?

Could two men move forward from the horrors of their past? Finding and losing his mate had to be one of the worst events to happen to Viridian Dubois. Living half a life without his mate taunted Vir every day, especially when those around him were finding theirs, but it was his life now. They’d met under strenuous circumstances and Vir had had no choice but to leave, devastated at the loss of the one man who would complete him. When he finds out his mate is alive and well, Vir sets out to meet him, needing to see for himself that his mate was truly alive. Ishmael Patel had almost fallen apart with loss of Vir, thinking he’d been left behind, unloved and unwanted. When Vir arrives unannounced, all his hopes and fears rush to the surface. Could Vir love him the way he was now, or would he walk away?

Had Robin escaped the horrors of his past, or had it followed unseen? After escaping from a secret lab, Robin flees to the one place he knows he’ll be safe: Salutem. Finding his old college friend Marco, he stays with him as he recovers from the horrors of his capture, torture, and experimentation. The last person he expects to meet was his mate. Sam had hoped and dreamed he would one day meet that one person fate had decided was perfect for him and when that day arrived, he had to stop and wait. Robin had been hurt—damaged even—and Sam needed to give his mate the love and support he needed to recover from his trauma. But Robin carried a secret, one even he wasn’t aware off. Would it tear apart their fragile mating, or make their connection, their bond stronger for it? And, who else would be affected when the truth comes out?

When Adan made the decision to move to Salutem he expected to start a new chapter of his life, not find a mate., but he did find a mate. Not that he was complaining. His whole life had changed, and Adan was more than ready for it. Jesse wanted a mate. He dreamed of having one and when that scent hit him while he was working, he knew those days of dreaming were over. Staring at the man who was his for the rest of his life had Jesse feeling emotions he never wanted to forget. Over time they learned about each other and when they finally mated it was the happiest day in Jesse’s life until he discovered more than he wanted to know. The people hurting their kind were closer than he thought and now he and Adan were involved. Could they all come together to help those captured, and would their plan lead to the discovery of a spy in their midst? Color Of My Love is a shifter MM romance, with an age-gap, spies all around, and some spicy loving.