She is Samantha Douglas, second daughter of a scandalously impoverished Earl, a quiet, unassuming miss who is literally swept off her feet at her first London ball by a dashing, mysterious stranger who awakens the passionate woman inside... nnHe is Prince Rudolf Kazanov, heir to the Russian throne, who has fled his homeland with his English mother and young daughterβand most of the Kazanov fortune. Though hard and cynical when it comes to matters of loyalty and love, he is enchanted by Samantha's delicate beauty and sweet innocence. And as passion draws her into his world, they race to outwit his enemies, hoping with all their hearts that their story will end happily ever after...