The runaway princess

Princess Nyla Hernandez has spent her entire life living for everyone except herself.

As the only heir to Cuba's royal family, her future has already been decided. An arranged marriage to the powerful and much older Spanish nobleman, Sir Reginald Peterson, will unite two nations-but at the cost of her freedom.

Ten minutes before she is due to walk down the aisle...

She runs.

Fleeing to England, Nyla seeks sanctuary with her estranged cousin, Princess Rubella "Ruby." Hidden beneath London's glittering skyline, however, lies a dangerous underworld she never knew existed-one ruled by the notorious Black Jack Cartel.

The last person she expects to rely on is Jack Morley.

At twenty-six, Jack is the cartel's feared right-hand man: disciplined, guarded, and utterly unimpressed by a runaway princess who seems to attract danger at every turn. Forced together by circumstances neither of them can control, the pair clash at every opportunity. But as enemies close in and secrets begin to unravel, resentment gives way to reluctant trust... and an undeniable connection that neither can afford.

Because someone is hunting Nyla.

Someone powerful enough to reach across continents.

Someone who refuses to let a princess disappear.

As loyalties fracture and betrayal waits in the shadows, Nyla must decide whether to keep running from the life chosen for her-or become the woman no one saw coming.

Some crowns are inherited.

Others are taken.