How do you choose between freedom and love? When Jalil first wakes up after her ship crashes, she thinks she's having some kind of head injury-induced hallucination. She's a starship pilot, not a sex slave, but she finds herself tied naked to a rack and examined by her new master. It doesn't matter that Zand of Teymour, is hot enough to melt an ice queen. The last place she belongs is in a harem. Zand is fascinated by the first outsider to stumble upon his planet in thousands of years. His people hide themselves from the rest of the galaxy by choice-therefore, Jalil can never be allowed to leave. But Jalil refuses to submit, and if he can't find a way to tame her, life on Teymour will be its own kind of torture. Soon Jalil learns that Teymour possesses priceless, First-Civilization technology long thought lost. If she can distract Zand with her body and escape back to the Federation with what she knows, she'll be rich. But with each passing night in her master's embrace, she discovers the dark pleasures of passion. In the end, gaining her freedom may cost her only chance for love. Warning: Sexual explicit