Earth has been under the stewardship of the Caledon Galactic-Interstellar Federation of Planets, CGIFP, for forty years. The ratio of women to men is twenty to one. The CGIFP placed a moratorium on births to diminish Earth's overpopulation, limiting one child per household. Men are authorized to have multiple wives if they can afford them, but only one child. Women who want a family, a child must stand in line. Soren Prime offers a mail order mate program. The catch, you can't come back to Earth and you can't leave the facility once you are there until a mate has been found for you. You have no choice in which mate is matched to you.Violet is hiding and running for her life. Earth is not a safe place and she needs to leave or she'll be used and thrown away. She signed up for the Mail Order Mating program but she doesn't want a mate or children, at least not yet. She only has two choices, stay on Earth and die or go to Soren Prime and be mated to a complete stranger and possibly have children.Jorikt was mated to a shrew. He is a mellow male and his mate was vicious and cruel. Thankfully, she left him. Now, he wished to try again. After applying to the Mate Order Program, he has a chance to build something, but he's never heard of a Uman . What was he getting himself into?