Though women never refused handsome Lord Matthew Weston's attentions, the tempting Tatiana was the first to impetuously say, "I do." Yet the morning after their wedding, Matthew awoke to find her gone-with only a bitter truth to share his bed. The enchanting maid he married was a princess only posing as a commoner to escape the tedium of royal life. She abondoned Matthew without a second thought and he would not forgive her...not even when she returned to humbly request the kind of help only he could provide. He would help her-all the while guarding his heart, certain there were other secrets the royal beauty concealed. Still, he wondered what it would take to turn a proud princess into a passionate bride.