After fiancé Alistair steals her serpentfolk research and abandons her on a rainforest planet, biologist Seraphina Vale studies Eclipse, unaware he is Dorian Veyr, a Naga whose courtship she accidentally accepts. Bound by a forgotten childhood promise, Dorian claims her as his mate. Seraphina proves Nagas are sentient, restores her authorship, marries him, and raises their hybrid daughter.
