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....
Cathie Linz Baumgardner was an American librarian and a prolific romance novelist, publishing over 50 novels under the names Cathie Linz and Cat Devon. Her books, known for their humor and witty dialogue, have been translated into nearly 20 languages worldwide. She contributed to the acclaimed anthology Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance and received multiple honors, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Storyteller of the Year, Reviewers' Choice Award, eHarlequin Readers' Choice Award, and Write Touch Award. An avid traveler, she lived in the Chicago area with her family and her cat.