Her alien abductors made one fatal they put her in a cell with him. When Zinnia is uprooted from her life on Earth by alien slavers, she is thrown into a cell with a huge, golden statue. Desperate to escape her harsh new reality, she finds herself talking to him, baring her soul to the silent male. But when the aliens come to drag her to a fate worse than death, the statue does the impossible. He wakes up. Jaxx has been trapped in a conscious stasis for cycles, his mind aware but his body locked in a golden shell. He is frozen by grief and loss until a new voice enters his silent world—soft, warm, and achingly alive. Zinnia becomes his tether to reality, and when she is threatened, her terrified scream shatters his prison. Driven by a fierce, protective instinct, Jaxx frees them both, but their escape pod crashes on a forgotten world. Surrounded by the remains of a fallen civilization, they begin to build a life together. But the slavers have no intention of losing their property and as the hunters close in, Jaxx must confront the ghosts of his past in order to protect his future. A warrior who gave up hope. A woman who lost everything. Can they build a future from the ruins of the past? Each book in the Alien Abduction series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for a mature audience only.