Smiley

When Vanni sneaks away from a bigoted church protest to nurse her anger at a hotel bar, she never expects to meet a charming New Species who makes her forget all about her awful day—until they're both drugged with a dangerous breeding serum and everything gets dangerously intimate, fast. Smiley is convinced Vanni is innocent, and despite the circumstances throwing them together in the most intense way possible, he's determined to protect her and ease her through the pain, even if it means offering comfort in the most personal way he knows. What starts as a desperate situation becomes something neither of them expected—a connection that feels fated and real, even when trust should be the hardest thing to find. This is a story about seeing past prejudice to find someone who just gets you.