This is Book 2 in the new Preyfinder series.Book 1, Precious Sacrifice, is currently in the anthology, Kept.Willow has her hands full scraping out a life in a grungy neighborhood where drugs and crime are the norm. Life is hard, but it's about to get harder. Being transformed into a sexual pet for an alien warrior may be her only way out.But Stom, the man she's been awarded to as a battle honor, has no use for a female, not when his heart is still in a million pieces.Though the need to be Stom's mate is overwhelming her, mending his heart isn't going to be enough. His enemies are searching, looking for the women who are more than they seem, but she's in their hands before she discovers she's more-than-human.Sometimes it sucks to be a chosen one.