Though the world believes in her high-profile romance with Prince Leo di Madina, Alyse Barras knows it's nothing but a calculated sham. As she walks down the aisle, Alyse clings to her one tiny hope: that her shameful secret never comes to light. Behind his cold and ruthless exterior Leo's burning, addictive kisses give Alyse a taste of the true man beneath the crown. But just as they begin to forge a tentative bond, a newspaper headline threatens to rip their fairy tale ending apart.