Lucian sought sleep when he was betrayed by the woman he loved. But when he finally awakens during an eclipse he finds himself alone and the world a very different place then when he went to sleep over a century ago. He goes searching for his old friend, the Dragon Councillor. He finds his old friend with a new bride and a new lease on life. After acclimating for a few weeks he begins to trawl Alma Venus bride website himself and is stunned to find a female who is almost a clone of his lost Laura. Natalie has begun to lost hope. She has been at Alma Venus for over a year and has had not even a sniff of a mate. But when she is contacted by Lucian she thinks she may have finally found a worthy male. Natalia has very real self esteem issues and they do hobble her relationship with Lucian. She is quick to find fault when he puts his foot in it several times and imagines slights when there really are none. Lucian feels unworthy of love after losing his clan but when he almost loses Natalie to an unforeseen foe, he is still left reeling when she refuses to become a hybrid and recover more quickly. She sees it as just another way for a man to change her. My only quibble was how quickly Lucian seemed to catch up with technology!