Ryia was out for a run in her panther form. While she was relaxing, she was taken by a power-hungry jerk of a prince. Barrick was the commander of the ship where Ryia was taken and caged. As soon as Barrick and Ryia saw each other, they both knew they were mates. Barrick didn’t want to keep her because it would start an intergalactic war but he eventually gave in to the mating urge. Ryia was a strong woman/hunter. After Barrick and Ryia mated, the prince gets jealous, knocks her out and steals her away to his home planet where he kills the ruling king as well as his brothers. This book turned out to be pretty good. I like how Barrick, Ryia and another animal the prince captured, set the prince up in the end. I also enjoyed the epilogue that takes place a few years in the future. I think narrator Jack Calihan did a very good job, easily differentiating between both male and female voices. You always knew who was speaking. He sounded very sexy when Barrick spoke.
