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Scandals Of The Royals: Princess From the Shadows
CAROL MARINELLI
Maisey Yates
Lynn Harris Raye
Royal Fairy Tale – Fact or Fiction?Princess Carlotta Santina has been living out of the spotlight since giving birth to her illegitimate son. Now she's arriving at Prince Rodriguez's Spanish palace for their forthcoming nuptials… but does the prince know his bride comes with an unexpected bonus?*Anna Constantinides has been publicly jilted and, worse still, her private jet has crash-landed stranding her with billionaire hotel magnate Leo Jackson! How long will it take wickedly sexy Leo to undress buttoned-up heiress Anna?*Ordinary Allegra Jackson and Prince Alessandro Santina have created a royal fairy tale. But delicious Prince Alessandro has always avoided settling down and Allegra has the family from hell. Is everything as it seems regarding the engagement of the year?
About the Authors (#ud8600cf7-975b-5c5e-a579-a86ae2d7d58a)
MAISEY YATES knew she wanted to be a writer even before she knew what it was she wanted to write. She still can’t quite believe she’s blessed enough to see her name on, not just any book, but on her favourite books. Maisey lives with her supportive, handsome, wonderful, diaper-changing husband and three small children, across the street from her parents and the home she grew up in, in the wilds of southern Oregon.
LYNN RAYE HARRIS read her first Mills & Boon romance when her grandmother carted home a box from a yard sale. These days Lynn lives in North Alabama with her handsome husband and two crazy cats. Lynn was a finalist in the 2008 Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart® contest, and she is the winner of the Harlequin® Presents Instant Seduction contest. You can visit her at www.lynnrayeharris.com (http://www.lynnrayeharris.com)
Originally from England, CAROL MARINELLI now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She adores going back to the UK for a visit – actually, she adores going anywhere for a visit – and constantly (expensively) strives to overcome her fear of flying. She loves the fast paced, busy setting of a modern hospital, but, every now and then admits it’s bliss to escape to the glamorous, alluring world of her Mills & Boon heroes and heroines. A bit like her real life actually!
Scandals of the Royals
Princess From the Shadows
Maisey Yates
The Girl Nobody Wanted
Lynn Raye Harris
Playing the Royal Game
Carol Marinelli
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08342-3
SCANDALS OF THE ROYALS
Princess From The Shadows © 2012 Harlequin Books S.A The Girl Nobody Wanted © 2012 Harlequin Books S.A Playing The Royal Game © 2012 Harlequin Books S.A
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#u0526f951-4424-50c7-b26e-2d6ad18ed4d6)
About the Authors (#uc29d9e1e-c7d0-5b5e-b04b-3e602dbcf419)
Title Page (#u83bec4b7-7ceb-534e-a954-1764b793e432)
Copyright (#u78858ebd-5b1f-5568-a7ad-41e170d57d49)
Princess From the Shadows (#u57d73908-9f44-5065-a7cb-286d0293e964)
Dedication (#u4629cb78-c444-5363-bd2d-94276d1278eb)
CHAPTER ONE (#u2ac390c8-a563-5dba-adf4-fc1f01121a1f)
CHAPTER TWO (#uc3bbde9d-5dcf-55dc-9797-f65b79e10abd)
CHAPTER THREE (#u15dbf059-448d-5a9e-b67c-2a9ad8fde636)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u76a3e106-a23f-5e25-9269-121106d080b9)
CHAPTER FIVE (#u35b5dcb6-d7e1-500e-8172-072f2f103f82)
CHAPTER SIX (#uae566dda-c402-5224-96bf-cbdd3f887757)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#u912191cd-b4af-5e94-ad66-40718fa7330d)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#u9f8d59df-7867-5739-bf3a-e110b5c6c8ef)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
The Girl Nobody Wanted (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
Playing the Royal Game (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Princess From the Shadows (#ud8600cf7-975b-5c5e-a579-a86ae2d7d58a)
Maisey Yates
For my kids, Aidric, Kian and Alani. You provided a lot of inspiration for this book. Thanks for always keeping me on my toes, and for teaching me about love every single day.
CHAPTER ONE (#ud8600cf7-975b-5c5e-a579-a86ae2d7d58a)
“WHAT do you mean she’s gone?” Prince Rodriguez Anguiano looked down at Eduardo Santina, King of Santina, and his future father-in-law, and swore he saw sweat beading on the older man’s brow.
The king was known for being formidable, tough and unbending. Watching him sweat was unexpected. And more than a little bit interesting.
King Eduardo cleared his throat. “Just that. Sophia is gone. She left with a maharaja.”
Rodriguez felt a smile tug at the corner of his mouth. “A maharaja? Is marrying a prince not enough for some women? They feel the need to pursue a more… exotic title?”
King Eduardo’s face darkened, color creeping into his cheeks. “She has done so without my permission.”
“I’m assuming, since my intended fiancée has run away with a maharaja, the wedding is off?” The king only looked at him and Rodriguez felt a vague sense of relief wash through him. He had been prepared to do the marriage thing, but truly, he hadn’t been looking forward to it. In his estimation it was a ball and chain situation, and he didn’t know anyone who would willingly shackle themselves in that manner. Yet people did seem to get married. It was the heir factor, one he couldn’t ignore forever, but for a while longer, maybe.
Sophia had been pretty enough, a beautiful brunette with a real classic beauty. But even that would get old after a while. Now he could go back to Santa Christobel and celebrate with a blonde. Maybe a redhead. Maybe both. Not that he usually went in for that sort of thing but he’d had six long, unheard-of months of celibacy so that he could present his future bride with medical proof of his good health. And now that there would be no wedding, it had just been six months of physical torture.
“Father?”
Rodriguez turned, his ears always tuned in to sultry, feminine tones. But in this instance, the tone did not match the looks. One of Eduardo’s other daughters was standing in the entryway, sleek brown hair hanging just beneath her chin. All no-nonsense and practical, as was the rest of her attire.
Wide-leg beige slacks, a white button-up top and metallic ballet slipper-style shoes. She looked like she’d stepped out of the pages of a business-casual catalog. She was tall, slim, only a couple of inches shorter than he was, and her face was pleasant enough, but with none of the flash and paint he was accustomed to seeing on a woman.
“Sorry,” she said, inclining her head. “I didn’t realize that you were busy.” She turned to go, and for some reason, he was sorry to see it.
“Carlotta.”
