To: King Leopold From: Marine Corps Captain Mark Wilder Operation: Princess Vanessa Von Volzemburg Your Highness, I've been assigned to guard Princess Vanessa while she's traveling incognito in America. But I don't enjoy spying on her. Vanessa is far from the spoiled princess I expected. She is bold and adventurous as well as lovely and vulnerable—a woman who craves a life free from her royal obligations. But she understands she must return and marry a man she doesn't love. Vanessa will be safe while she's under my care. But also know that I cannot promise to shelter her from the world, or even from myself….

She has his eyes.Her mother has his heart. Years have passed since marine sergeant Riley Cooper last held his best friend’s sister in his arms. Bound for Afghanistan, he believed walking away from Meg McBride was the kindest thing he could do. Now that he’s home, he doesn’t blame Meggie for hating him. But she hasn’t told him everything. And he hasn’t met the little red-haired girl whose gray eyes so resemble his own…