Sizzling Scottish romance abounds in this e-novella in the Princes of Oxenburg series, a Cinderella spinoff to New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkinsโs delightful Duchess Diaries series.
A princess once bejeweled but now tatteredโฆ Royal princess Tatiana Romanovin is the beautiful, wealthy, and spoiled favorite of the King of Oxenburg. On her way to her cousinโs wedding in the Scottish highlands, Tatianaโs carriage is involved in an accident and, wounded, she is separated from her servants and possessions. Tatiana soon finds herself alone in an inn with no servants, no funds, and no proof of her identity. Destitute, she accepts the offer from a sympathetic (but unbelieving) innkeeper to work for her room and board while she waits for an answer to the missive sheโs sent to her cousin Prince Nikolai. With no other recourse, Tatiana scrubs floors and washes dirty linens, waiting for her prince to comeโฆ
A proud lord once lost and now foundโฆ After a brutal, bloody battle with the French Navy left Lord Buchan limping and surly, and abandoned by his betrothed because of his injuries, his lordship hides away at his manor house in the countryside. He leaves only once a week to eat at the local inn, drawn by the expert cooking of the innkeeperโs wife. One day, Buchan arrives to find that the innkeeper has a new servant, a beautiful scullery maid with a queenly air and flashing green eyes that leave him breathless and increasingly aware of his lonely existenceโฆ
Love may find them yetโฆ The challenge of winning his way into Tatianaโs heavily protected heart stirs Buchan back to lifeโฆbut can he and his scarsโand broken heartโwin a proud princess whose only goal is to leave Scotland and return to the court where sheโs the crowning jewel?
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