SHE TAKES A CHANCE. Determined to forge a better life, Ella launches her new business with high hopes-until a sexy Centaur bumps into her and throws her life off course forever. Voted "Most Eligible Bachelor in Boronda", Aleksander shakes up her world and tilts her in more ways than one. HE'S IN DANGEROUS TERRITORY. Years of warfare and countless bedroom encounters have stolen Kempor Aleksander's luster for life. He never expects to rediscover his zeal in the small, redheaded form of Ella the Troll, who fires his blood hotter than the deepest caverns in the forest. A PASSION SO HOT. But as trouble lingers in their midst-and edges ever closer-Alek and Ella spiral into troubled terrain. Turning to each other, the pair face down dangers that run impenetrably deep in their mythological world. But will the two lovers discover a passion that runs even deeper?