After losing his wife and future queen in an accident, Crown Prince Raoul Navarro knows he’ll never find that kind of love again. Now a royal widower, he must focus on running the kingdom and being a single dad. The idea of falling in love again feels impossible. And yet his future stretches out before him, bleak and lonely…
Smart, loyal, and discreet, Stephani is Raoul’s assistant and his wife’s cousin. She adores her job, except for the teensy complication that she’s been in love with her boss since her first week of employment. She’d never act on it, though. Raoul is heir to the throne and she’s his assistant. Raoul is nursing a broken heart, and a woman like Stephani isn’t the kind to be a future queen.
When Stephani steps in as his plus one at a state dinner, Raoul suddenly takes notice. She knows all the players and protocol, but this is something more. Is this captivating woman the same one who’s run his office for years? And will one impetuous midnight kiss change the course of the kingdom forever?
Since 2006, New York Times bestseller Donna Jones Alward has enchanted readers with stories of happy endings and homecomings that have won several awards and been translated into over a dozen languages. She’s worked as an administrative assistant, teaching assistant, in retail and as a stay-at-home-mom, but always knew her degree in English Literature would pay off, as she is now happy to be a full-time writer. Her new historical fiction tales blend her love of history with characters who step beyond their biggest fears to claim the lives they desire.
Donna currently lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband and two cats. You can often find her near the water, either kayaking on the lake or walking the sandy beaches to refill her creative well.
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