Tara Covington's week can't get any worse. Her boyfriend's sleeping with yet another intern, the department chair just pulled her fellowship, and she's forced to work for a wealthy UFO fanatic to make ends meet. But her new assignment has an upside, and his name is Kadir. This hot volunteer claiming to be an alien makes her want to get out into the field--and into his pants. Kadir Takoda's future couldn't be brighter. Selected for the return mission to Earth, the archaeologist vows to bring back the Relic of the Heart and restore honor to his family name. His only problem is Tara: the closer he gets to finding the mythical gemstone, the closer he gets to the driven archaeologist who thrills his body. But his ancestor's affair with an Earth female is how his people lost the Relic in the first place, and it'll take an incredible woman for him to risk tarnishing the Takoda name again.