While the vampire Devlin rejoices at news of his impending progeny with
Sar, werecougar Theo braces for more challenges to his Ranked title,
content that after Sarelle has the dhamphir child Devlin will be out of
their lives forever. Yet when The Lust reappears, Sar's world again
turns upside down as old hatreds make themselves known, resulting in a
steamy affair with the weresnake Lash, a new friendship with the
werecoyote Serena, and the severing of Sar from the last remains of her
old human life in favor of a new Paradise with Devlin.