This arrogant, ill-mannered American was hardly the sort of man Princess Adele of Orlantha was used to encountering in her world of wealth and privilege. And yet Matt O'Brien was all that stood between her and the deadly conspiracy that threatened everything she held dear. Her only hope was a marriage – in name only – to her self-appointed "protector." But to be so very intimate with this infuriating yet dangerously compelling man was almost more than she could bear – because their masquerade was turning into a passion that was all too real.