![]() ![]() She buys herself expensive clothes, travels abroad, and presents herself as a lady of mystery. But with an unforeseen inheritance, she can afford one perfect summer - a summer she will spend the rest of her life remembering. English orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself with dreams. A 'fine stylist' (Publishers Weekly) of sizzling romances, award-winning writer Christina Dodd crafts a provocative tale of consummate pleasure and ultimate passion set in the Regency period. To fullfil their destinies, the prince will do anything-abduct her, coerce her, or, best of all seduce his reluctant bride into his royal world of peril, promise and passion. All her denials cannot change that, or alter the passion that burgeons between them. She is his betrothed, the runaway Princess of Serephinia. Or the Ever After of Her Dreams? One look into her eyes, and the prince recognizes her. Marriage But she quickly discovers her mistake, for a darkly handsome man appears at her bedroom door, claiming to be a Crown Prince-and her fiance. ![]() But with an unforseen inheritance, she can afford one perfect summer-a summer she will spend the rest of her life remembering. Masquerade English orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself with dreams. What more could a reader of romance ask for? -Lois Faye Dyer From the Author:īook Description Mass Market Paperback. Who is right, Evangeline or Danior? Is Evangeline the Princess Ethelinda or isn't she? And if not, how will Danior cope with the deep love he feels for her? The Runaway Princess has a dash of myth and magic, colorful secondary characters, and a wonderfully heroic hero and heroine. Still, Evangeline knows she must convince him of her humble beginnings, for a prince could never truly love a simple girl such as herself. Evangeline's determination to set right this wrong is sadly undermined by her own growing attraction to the powerful, dark-haired prince. ![]() Not only does Danior stubbornly refuse to listen to her, but he's determined to consummate their betrothal. ![]() The two set off on the long journey to Princess Ethelinda's kingdom, with Evangeline feeling as if she's tumbled down the rabbit hole. Evangeline's protests are cut short when someone lobs a bomb into her room and Danior pulls her to safety, explaining all the while that evil forces are determined to kill them both to prevent their marriage and the subsequent joining of their two kingdoms. He insists that she is the Princess Ethelinda and that they must return immediately to her kingdom where they are to be married. To her shock, Prince Danior of Baminia appears and announces that he is her fiancé. When Leona disappears without a trace, Evangeline learns that she is the sole heir to the woman's fortune, and she wastes no time in packing a cache of cash and heading for Spain, posing as the refined lady she had always longed to be. Rescued at a young age from an orphanage she had called home for most of her life, Evangeline goes to live with an eccentric and rich woman named Leona. Evangeline Scoffield of East Little Teignmouth, Cornwall, is a fraud. ![]()
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