For the warlords, it was never about anything other than her and their baby... Riley North has done all that she can. The curvy, talented journalist has been all over the universe, covering one war and conflict after another. No wonder that when she's sent to Octava to report on peculiar fated mate bonds between a rough, brutally handsome warrior race and Terran females she's not exactly thrilled. And it doesn't get any better when she's marked as the mate of not one, but two of the greatest warlords the planet has to offer... or does it? Harbor and Cole have nothing but begrudging respect for one another. Yet when they discover they share a fated, and then a child, they're going to have to learn to get along. It's easier said than done. With a vicious enemy out to destroy Riley and Octava along with it, the two savage warriors need to learn to cope with one another, while protecting their surprise baby and a mate who doesn't seem at all willing to divulge her past. Will their differences push them together, or pull them apart?

Nothing is more important than keeping her and their child safe. Dana Hallsey is on her last trip. After so many journeys to the planet of Octava, the Ambassador from Terra has had enough of seeing everybody find their fated when she can't muster any faith in love anymore. As a single mother, she has to do what's right for her son - and that's giving him stability. Not something in abundance in an alien warzone! Chase and Havoc are two men at odds. The alien warlords are the protectors of their realm and all that stands between Octava and certain annihilation, but sometimes, it feels like they're a bigger threat to each other than any enemy could be. When fate ties them to the same woman, one who's stubbornly ready to protect herself, all their conflicts have to come to an end. One way or another. The fate of Octava, and their love, depends on it.

A warrior's job is never done when it comes to those he needs to protect... Laura Parker has a job that few would envy. As one of the few social workers on Octava, the Terran has to not only try and fit in, but protect children in a society that does not believe in that. As a new mother herself, after a one night stand she would have never thought she'd go through with, she knows first hand how fragile these little lives are... and she's about to learn a lesson about how fleeting things can be. Leon and Cage are men the darkest recesses of Octava fear the most. As the safekeepers and guardians of Octava, the Praetorians are feared and respected... but mostly feared. Though they understand one another completely, they rarely see eye to eye. Except when it comes to a certain curvy, spirited Terran. Finding out they're fathers to a little girl is about to change their world, but this world might not be around for much longer unless they can band together and overcome their differences. Will these two warriors know their child and get to truly love their mate, or is fate as cruel as Octava itself?