When Jexx finds out the man she's just had fantastic sex with is one of the legendary Imperial Were-Panthers, she's impressed and flattered. But when she finds out he's decided to claim her as his mate, she's less than thrilled. She's not in the market for a bossy male to order her around. When the spaceship the two of them are returning to Earth on suffers from technical problems, the two of them need to work together to overcome the problem and get home before the life support starts to falter.