Imagine a hero with real absolute power, dedicated to duty and his own autocratic, decisive worldview. Imagine a hero with the daring to try to fool all the crowned heads of Europe. Imagine a man who's learned to trust nothing and love no one, whose only refuge is horsemanship. It's a potent mix of intensity and loneliness . . .

Thus, Nicholas, sovereign prince of Glarien, never to be denied, impossible to resist. English by birth, he's also Earl of Evenlode, but his duty is clear, until he returns to Regency England and swoops down on horseback on Penny Lindsey, caught trespassing on his neglected English estates.

A Wedding is arranged in Regency London . . .

Nicholas's glittering state wedding in London is vital, but his royal fiancée has been kidnapped by his enemies. Now Fate has provided the solution: to force Penny Lindsey to impersonate his missing bride, with one month to teach this defiant, not-so-simple country girl how to be a princess. Penny has other ideas, but she's never faced royal determination before, nor royal charm.

Alas, a prince is a dangerous teacher, prey to secret passions and hidden vulnerabilities. To mimic a courtship is a perilous game when the bridegroom is committed to his royal destiny and enemy plots will force an English lady to adventure across Europe with her dark prince.

Is love just another part of a prince's masquerade? Is passion only another part of the game, even on his wedding night? Suddenly the stakes are much higher than either of them ever intended . . .