The Princess Masquerade

If anyone told notorious thief Megan that she'd one day live in a royal palace with endless servants catering to her every need, she'd say he was crazy. But when this clever expert thief tries to liberate an expensive watch from a certain gentleman, she gets more than she bargained for.

When her aristocratic mark corners her in a tavern cellar, she discovers that avoiding the gallows means mastering court etiquette under his relentless instruction. At secluded Woodlea Farm, Viscount Nicol Argyle drills his unruly student in proper grammar, chess, and aristocratic bearing.

Surrounded by treacherous courtiers at Malkan Palace, this quick-witted impostor must convince a calculating chancellor that a former pickpocket was born to rule a kingdom.

• Heroine in Disguise: Megan must fool the entire Danish delegation and fend off the boorish Duke of Venge, whose wandering hands earn him a swift blow to the groin during a royal waltz.
• Forced Proximity: Long days cloistered together in an isolated cottage turn contentious lessons into dangerous attraction as Nicol washes lard and smoke from his captive’s hair.
• Slow Burn: The haughty viscount swears he never dallies with commoners, but he cannot stop counting the missing silver waistcoat buttons Megan secretly lifts from his coat.
• Also by This Author: Seduced By Your Spell, Bewitching the Highlander and Charming the Devil.