Prince Creston SuMartra’s wicked ways, charming arrogance, and brazenness have defined his place in the royal family. As the youngest heir, he will never inherit the crown and has never aspired to. Being the wild playboy prince is a much better fit.

When his father tasks him with a very delicate and secret mission, Creston cringes at the thought of swooping in to save some needy, clueless princess. But he knows by the glint in his father’s eyes, it’s not a request, and no one refuses the king. Creston will go, but he’ll do it his way.

Lis MacKenzie isn’t someone who can be ordered around. She’s strong and independent — she’s had to be. There is no logical reason for her to allow Prince Creston to whisk her away to a far-off land where everything is unfamiliar, strange, and foreign. Lis has no interest in meeting the ruler of some country she never heard of, even if he claims to be her father.

So why is she going, and why is she staying when it could cost her the one man who sees her as a desirable woman? Lis knows how to fight for what she wants, but this time the stakes are unbearably high.

Loving Lis comes with responsibilities Creston’s run from all his life. Now he must decide if going from spare to heir is what’s best for not only Lis, but for an entire country.