His lost princess bride!
King Reza abandoned the search for his childhood betrothed, Princess Magdalena, years ago. Until the shocking appearance of a photograph of the elusive princess reignites the legend that gripped his nation. Now Reza must return to the hunt and claim his queen!
Waitress Maggyâs family history is a mystery, and even though she often dreamed of Prince Charming, he was never as devastatingly handsome as Reza! Fiercely independent, she wonât accept her birthright on any terms but her own, so if Reza canât use legal bindings, heâll use sensual ones that Maggy will be helpless to resist!
âIâll return to my original question,â Maggy said. Not politely. âWho the hell are you, and why do you care if some barista in a photograph looks like an old, dead queen?â
Reza drew himself up to his full height. He looked down at her with all the authority and consequence that had been pounded into every inch of him all his lifeâeven when his own father had failed to live up to the crown he now wore himself.
âI am Leopoldo Maximillian Otto, King of the Constantines,â he informed her. âBut you may call me by my private family nickname, Reza.â
She let out a sharp, hard sound that was not quite a laugh and thrust his mobile back at him. âI donât want to call you anything.â
âThat will be awkward, then.â
Reza took possession of his mobile, studying the way she deliberately kept her fingers from so much as brushing his, as if he was poisonous. He was a king, not a snake. The way this creature dared to treat himâhimâwith such disrespect baffled him, but did nothing to assuage that damnable need that still worked inside him. She confounded him, and he didnât like it.
But that didnât change the facts. Much less what would be gained by presenting his people with the lost Santa Domini princess as his bride.
He met her gaze then. And held it. âBecause one way or another, you are to be my wife.â
Wedlocked!
Conveniently wedded, passionately bedded!
Whether thereâs a debt to be paid, a will to be obeyed or a business to be saved... sheâs got no choice but to say, âI do!â
But these billionaire bridegrooms have got another think coming if they think marriage will be that easy...
Soon their convenient brides become the object of an inconvenient desire!
Find out what happens after the vows in
The Billionaireâs Defiant Acquisition
by Sharon Kendrick
One Night to Wedding Vows
by Kim Lawrence
Wedded, Bedded, Betrayed
by Michelle Smart
Expecting a Royal Scandal
by Caitlin Crews
Trapped by Vialliâs Vows
by Chantelle Shaw
Baby of His Revenge
by Jennie Lucas
A Diamond for Del Rioâs Housekeeper
by Susan Stephens
Bound by His Desert Diamond
by Andie Brock
Look out for more Wedlocked! stories coming soon!
USA TODAY bestselling and RITA® Awardânominated author CAITLIN CREWS loves writing romance. She teaches her favorite romance novels in creative writing classes at places like UCLA Extensionâs prestigious Writersâ Program, where she finally gets to utilise the MA and PhD in English Literature she received from the University of York in England. She currently lives in California, with her very own hero and too many pets. Visit her at caitlincrews.com.
Books by Caitlin Crews
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
Castelliâs Virgin Widow
At the Countâs Bidding Undone by the Sultanâs Touch Not Just the Bossâs Plaything
One Night With Consequences
The Guardianâs Virgin Ward
The Billionaireâs Legacy
The Return of the Di Sione Wife
Wedlocked!
Expecting a Royal Scandal
Secret Heirs of Billionaires
Unwrapping the Castelli Secret
Scandalous Sheikh Brides
Protecting the Desert Heir
Traded to the Desert Sheikh
Visit the Author Profile page at Harlequin.com for more titles.
To anyone, like me, who dreamed they were really a princess...
CHAPTER ONE
THERE WERE FEW things Maggy Strafford liked less than scrubbing the coffee shop floorâor really any floor, for that matter. Dental surgery. The stomach flu. Any and all memories of her unfortunate childhood in foster care. Still, there she was on her hands and knees, dutifully attacking an unidentifiable sticky patch on the hardwood floors of The Coffee Queen in the tiny, tourist-rich hamlet of Deanville, Vermont, just down the road from one of the stateâs most famous resorts. Because it was her job as the most recently hired barista on this, the first night the owners had trusted her enough to close up shop.
And for once in the bumpy carnival ride that had been her life since sheâd been found by the side of the road as a feral child with no memory of where sheâd come from, Maggy was determined to keep her job. Even if it involved scrubbing unidentified sticky things off the floor of a coffee shop in almost the middle of nowhere, Vermont.