Commander Karter is a Prillon Warrior. His first duty is to protect his people, to defend the Coalition worlds from a fate too terrible to comprehend. Battle is his life. His heart. He fights. He has never once been selfish enough to believe he deserved an Interstellar Bride. Besides, he doesn't have time to deal with a feisty human female and share a passion so hot it burns him to his warrior's soul. But he's been matched. He must choose a second and together, they must claim their bride or lose her forever.