He’s the ultimate bad-boy prince. This week, he’s doing his duty. He’ll make an appearance at a house party in the Cotswolds. He’ll even dance with the shy wallflower daughter of the host. She’s nothing that could ever hold his attention. Because Victor is a man famous for his conquests, the beautiful women he’s seduced. He’s an expert at avoiding relationships, at taking what he wants and leaving a woman wanting more. But when a summer storm leaves the notorious playboy Crown Prince stranded in a tiny cottage with Eugenie, the Duke’s timid daughter, unexpected attraction sizzles. She’s shy and innocent, about to be engaged to a local nobleman, but she wants one night with the prince. One night with a lover she was never supposed to have, until the thunderstorm threw them together. Will their blazing attraction turn into romance? Or will the Queen put a stop to their forbidden affair?