***This is a sample of the full length story available on Amazon. It's been placed in the dungeon so you have to search the first in series, Hired for Heat, to find it*** Annalise is desperate for a baby but is unwilling to give up her freedom to take a mate. Hiring a stud is the next best option. She can get what she wants, then send the Alpha on his way. Unfortunately life can never be as simple as we'd like it to be. When all she wanted was a male to do his duty, how did she end up with the one who values family above all else? Who sneaks his way past her barriers and makes her question what she claims to want... Will the Alpha be able to stick to the contract and leave behind the family he helped create, or will Annalise find a way to get her Happily Ever After?