Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatantsensuality and potent allure...until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beachand holds her prisoner in hisunderwater kingdom. The cynical Shaye wants nothingto do with the mighty warlord,but she's inexplicably drawnto him. For underneath thewarrior's arrogant beauty liesa complex and powerful man.A man whose caress is like fire... Now Valerian must fightfor the privilege ofclaiming her as his own. Because there'sone thing Shayedoesn't know.... That when a nymphdiscovers his true mate,she's his for life.