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.<br/><br/>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…<br/><br/>Now Valerian must fightfor the privilege ofclaiming her as his own. Because there'sone thing Shayedoesn't know.…<br/><br/>That when a nymphdiscovers his true mate,she's his for life.