On a harsh future Earth where corruption rules and women are few, cold realist Hudson Land must purchase a wife to comply with the Elders' laws and save his farm. Instead of an auction, he witnesses the start of an execution. With his first look at Lake, a chemist and a rebel fighter, is resigned to her death, but when some back-hill farmer rescues her from the chopping block she has no intention of simply becoming his wife. She's pledged her life to the Rebellion and being bought for some stranger's bed doesn't change a thing, even if his soft caresses are damn distracting. As lies and secrets build between them, can they trust each other enough to stand against the two warring factions in a world where only the strong survive?

Lake has gotten the life she never dared dreamed of-a safe haven, and the love of a good man, her husband, Hudson Land. But Lake's hard-won happiness doesn't last long when powerful Elders lay siege on Black Creek Manor in retaliation for her past defiancé. As Lake watches everything she loves go up in flames, she sacrifices herself to keep her family alive, never imagining it's not her life that is endanger, but the heart and soul of who she is. Hudson wakes from a head wound to find his whole world is reduced to ashes. With no memory of why he's sacrificed everything for a woman whose name is tattooed on his chest, Hudson is determined to make his heart match the emptiness of his mind, wiping out everything except the hatred for those who are to blame-the Elders and the wife he sought to protect. As evil and fear spread across a war-torn land, can Hudson and Lake forgive each other's betrayals and grab at their one chance at saving not only their lives... but their love as well?

Awakened in the middle of the night by a future version of herself, Kris Davenport is given a mission; go forward in time to save the world and his life. Of course, her future self doesn't tell her who he is, just sends her into the abyss and straight into an alien invasion. He turns out to be ConRad Smith, the callous, untrusting Commander of Earth's army and the world's last defense. There's only one way to know for sure if this strange woman is an alien spy, slice her throat. Except, he didn't anticipate the heat he would feel as he interrogates the hot-tempered, warm-blooded woman. For a man whose sole focus has been survival, she's more temptation than he can handle. But a world on the brink of destruction leaves no room for love;and time is running out.