title: Love Awakened
author: Newman, Mary
description: Lady Ubutu Moira has a problem. It seems she has the ability to influence the weather and her current sadness at being a widow with a young son means torrential rains, flooding, and a climate change for the planet of Arel. Add in the fact that Tistan Sologne always seems to rub her the wrong way, and you've got thunder and lightning to make matters worse. Tistan Sologne has no desire to become the next leader of Arel, but he's just been chosen to do so since his elder brother, Bendel has renounced Arel and taken a mate from another world. And now his longtime friend, the cat-shifting Lord Ubutu Tigarus is unexpectedly killed, leaving the woman Tistan has loved since they day he met her free to take another mate. But even as he finds himself falling more in love with Moira, Tistan is plagued with feelings of betraying Tigarus. When a conspiracy emerges from Ubutu Clan that threatens the life of Moira and her young son, Tistan vows to keep both of them safe; even if that vow means going against his own father. While working to uncover who is behind the conspiracy, Moira discovers a secret her own mate had kept from her. A betrayal so hurtful it could damage the relationship between Tistan and his father beyond repair.