Sizzling Scottish romance abounds in this enovella in the Princes of Oxenburg series, a Cinderella spinoff to New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkinsâs delightful Duchess Diaries series.
A princess once bejeweled but now tatteredâŚ
Royal princess Tatiana Romanovin is the beautiful, wealthy, and spoiled favorite of the King of Oxenburg. On her way to her cousinâs wedding in the Scottish highlands, Tatianaâs 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 sheâs sent to her cousin Prince Nikolai. With no other recourse, Tatiana scrubs floors and washes dirty linens, waiting for her prince to comeâŚ
A proud lord once lost and now foundâŚ
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 innkeeperâs 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 existenceâŚ
Love may find them yetâŚ
The challenge of winning his way into Tatianaâs heavily protected heart stirs Buchan back to lifeâŚbut can he and his scarsâand broken heartâwin a proud princess whose only goal is to leave Scotland and return to the court where sheâs the crowning jewel?