title: Zhiruto
author: Ley, Tamsin
description: Fall in love with a new shapeshifting alien!Good cop, bad... alien?Officer Lora Griffin only volunteered for the alien dating auction to help raise money for the animal shelter—she has no interest in kissing little green men. But when her date dissolves into a puddle of goo, she's thrown into an investigation with a new partner who isn't slimy or tentacled—he's seven feet of solid blue muscle, and it's hard to remain focused under his panty-melting stare...A twist of plansAs the galactic prince's personal bodyguard, Zhiruto is on the trail of an assassin, but he's new to Earth and worried about offending the local population. So he asks for help from an outspoken human female, believing his time on this backward planet will soon be over. But the longer he's with Lora, the more he realizes he needs more than her help—he needs her.Because she's his mate.And she seems to want nothing to do with him.Can he win her heart before he's called back to his home planet?