The wedding's a week away, and the princess has prepared herself to wed the duke. Mostly.

But unbeknownst to Violet, they won't spend their wedding night alone. In order to safeguard the royal bloodlines, marriage consummations are witnessed by an audience of Hastings councilmen and their wives. Can Violet make it through the trying ordeal with her newly improved manners intact? Can her husband use his disciplinary prowess and sensual finesse to guide her to ecstasy?

This five-chapter novelette invites readers to enjoy the happily ever after—Thomas and Violet's courtship, their wedding and bedding, and the morning after, when the newly married couple find themselves alone—and bonded—at last.