An emergency landing in the wrong region soon has Peyton scrambling for resources on an unallied planet she knows nothing about. Worse, when she's forced to leave her drop pod to forage food, an errant step in the draining heat of the dark wilds has her swinging from a tree with both feet caught in the deathgrip of apparently sentient, alien vines. Sure she'll succumb to death by starvation, elements, and even attack, she never anticipates what she wakes up to: a shifter prince, hiding out in the wilds. Gruff and seeming to take little romantic interest in her, the man-bear soon fails to deny the passion burning between them, but will he risk placing her in the crosshairs of the attack he's sure will come when the King's soldiers find them? How can he let her go when he's absolutely sure she's his mate? When there's nowhere to run, the only way is through. With a mate by his side, he can take leadership of his people. Will he face the perils that surround their mating, and claim what's rightfully his? A steamy, BBW, scifi shifter romance