He escaped the Hatti Clanship, but will he die alone on a foreign planet so far from home? Master Healer Lateef D'Oro regrets accepting his friend's invitation to a state dinner with the mysterious Hatti race. His task? Simple. Convince the fierce warriors to join the fight against the Falgarian Empire. Instead he's running for his life. Young widow Dani Hamilton is hiding from life in a small Colorado mountain town. But when she stumbles upon an injured hiker far from any hiking trail, she has to take him in. Despite her friend's warnings, she won't leave him to die. She knows what it's like to be all alone and in trouble. Lateef knows Dani is the woman for him. Yet her planet isn't ready to know they aren't alone in the universe. But is she? Dani doesn't want to admit Lateef makes her feel more, want...more. Neither of them are prepared for the team of angry Hatti warriors standing at her front door.