Book excerpt: When the royal family receives a ransom note for a kidnapped woman, it reveals a long-hidden scandal. The kidnapped woman turns out to be the daughter of the Grand Duke of Thortonburg, a love child from a onetime affair he had years ago. Prince Roland hides his identity and enters their neighboring country, Roxbury, to find out the truth behind the kidnapping, but unexpectedly, he falls in love with an attractive woman he meets at a stable!