I hired a new bodyguard. I should have guarded my heart instead. Charlotte The way out of my gilded cage was clear; the reward, freedom. Fall in love and get married before my twenty-first birthday and I can give up the throne I don’t want. Unfortunately, the boyfriend I propose to turns me down just days before my birthday and my mother, the Queen, summons me back to my country. New plan: fake a boyfriend. Ryker First rule of bodyguarding: don’t get involved personally with clients. I’m only supposed to get her back to Regora safely and on time. But then she cries on my shoulder when I catch her running away and she shares her family secret. Now I want to protect her heart. The only problem is princesses don’t fall for bodyguards. Not in real life.