A Marsian queen ripe for seduction. A banished Sednan prince desperate to find a home world. A battle of the sexes instigated by the gods. Marsian queen Paris needs an heir, but she's running out of options for her child's sire. She also wants to grow her own cocoa trees so she can stop paying Venus' outrageous prices for chocolate. Banished from Sedna because he lacks the markings of his royal caste, farmer-prince Jirkar needs a home world. If Paris doesn't accept him, he'll spend the rest of his life on spaceships, never again able to plant anything in life-giving soil. Each has a dream. Can they fulfill it, or will they spend the rest of their lives alone?