Royalty - A Novella

"A different sort of royalty, but a similar... hierarchy."

Princess Alina Antonov is as rebellious as a girl of her lifestyle can be... the daughter of a small country's tyrannical king, who refuses to marry any suitor presented to her, who sneaks through her bedroom window some nights to ride horses with the stableboy, who reads and writes and mingles with American celebrities. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, it becomes more and more apparent that her father plans on forcing her to wed... however, she's unknowingly become the target of something other, and arguably more dangerous, than an arranged marriage.

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Luca Ruggiero is nothing if not ambitious... within his family of the Sicilian mafia, he has sat comfortably as a caporegime. However, when the Underboss is mysteriously killed, he and the other two men of his position are automatically fighting for the newly-opened, more powerful role. In need of some grand gesture to prove to the Boss that he is the most worthy candidate, he sets his sights upon the lovely little face of a visiting princess...