Faking it with the Hybrid

Dr. Mattie Porter has landed her dream job as a Xeno-Cultural Anthropologist with the Kindred but she has one very big problema seven-foot-tall, grumpy, growly warrior named Grath. The huge Hybrid has been assigned to her as her Protectora kind of bodyguard to keep her safe on alien planets. But he's a surly bastard who won't even talk to Mattie if he can help it.

Grath is a Triple-Hybrid, a male with Beast, Blood, and Flame Kindred strains in his DNA. This makes him a formidable warrior, but also ensures he won't be able to bond with a female which leaves him with a problemhe's desperately attracted to the tiny, curvy Earth female he's been assigned to Protect. But he knows he has to keep her at arm's length to avoid pain and heartache.

It seems Grath and Mattie will never get along...but then Mattie needs a date for the Holidays. So now they're going to her hometown of Christmasville to try and fool her family into thinking they're engaged....