title: Surrender
author: Smith, Jessica Coulter
description: Kidnapped by pirates, all Meghan wants is to return to Earth and her brother, the only family she has left. Unbeknownst to Meghan, her kidnapping was not a matter of chance. The pirates were sent after her. But before they can sell her, or worse, she is rescued by more pirates and taken to the alien world of Tarnan, where she is told she must choose a warrior mate. Determined to return home at any cost, Meghan refuses every advance made to her.
  
  Zayne, an inventor of weapons, isn't sure what to make of the Earth female. She isn't anything like the ones that have been brought to their world before. She's prickly and rude, and sometimes downright hostile. When he beseeches the Prime to allow her to return home, he, instead, ends up with her in his home, as his assistant.
  
  As time passes, the two grow closer. When Meghan receives devastating news, it's Zayne who is there for her, comforting her. She begins to see the alien-hybrid in a new light and allows herself to open her heart to the possibility of a mate.
  
  But the road to their union is a bumpy one, and both are left wondering if they will ever be allowed to be together as more than friends.