Lord Duncan Malmayne has found his true bond, the lovely leprechaun Moira Dunne. It's love at first sight, but something is missing from his relationship with the fiery red-head, something that prevents him from completing the Claiming and making Moira his forever.

Moira thinks she knows what's missing-Jaden Blackthorn, Gray Court vampire and Duncan's bond brother. He's disappeared from their lives, tactfully withdrawing as Duncan declares his love for her. The crippling depression that weighs her down is tripled in Duncan's heart. Could their problems stem from something as simple as mate sickness?

Jaden is both heartbroken and elated that the two people he loves most in the world are together. They both deserve the very best, and Jaden can't think of two more deserving people. But forgetting about his own love for them is proving to be difficult, and staying away is tearing him apart.

But trouble is brewing in the Malmayne clan, and when he's forced back into their lives by the Hob, all three will discover just what pleasure a tribond can bring…