The Princess and the Mercenary

Romancing the Crown #2

by Marilyn Pappano

Tyler Ramsey's mission was to follow the trail ofMontebello's missing crown prince to Montana,not to guard a pampered princess. But whenPrincess Anna Sebastiani insisted on joining thesearch for her brother, Tyler became her reluctantbodyguard. Keeping track of the regal virginwasn't nearly as challenging as fighting theexplosive and unexpected attraction betweenthem. When the fierce Montana winter left themsnowbound, the result seemed inevitable. But therugged mercenary's sworn duty was to protectthe princess—even from himself….

Genres: Romance

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

Award-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .

All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.

I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.

Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.

My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.

I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.

And I've never been bored.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah ha.....the plot is moving. Slowly. But it's moving. And some of the loose ends from the first book are getting tied up. I'm used to series like the Confidential books or the Colby Agency where there's like one big thread from book to book and there's usually only like 3 books. But there's 12 books in this series so I have to remember we have time to resolve everything!
Anna could easily be a Disney Princess-she reminds me of Ariel. Headstrong, redhead, longing for a family of her own someday. Tyler was a nice, rough-around-the-edges foil for her.

[Katrina O'Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm actually surprised by how much I really liked this. The characters went well together, the writing was strong and read quickly, and the plot was actually interesting. I genuinely believed their backstories and attraction for each other. It didn't fall into, "I just met you and we're having sex!" which was kind of nice haha. Character development! What a concept :-D it's a great quick read.