Run with a Royal

She didn't mean to need rescuing. She especially didn't mean for the person who came for her to be the one man she'd spent the better part of a year trying to get out of her head — armed, in tactical gear, and entirely too competent for her own peace of mind. He wasn't planning to go after her. He didn't get to choose. Princess Francesca Gratiani is a culinary student, not a damsel. She has a Grand Diplôme to earn, a Paris life she's built entirely on her own terms, and absolutely no business still thinking about a man who told her, in no uncertain terms, that nothing between them would ever happen. Nicco Devinero has a royal family to protect, a guilt he can't put down, and every reason to keep his distance from a woman who has always seen straight through every defense he's ever built. They're not each other's plan. They never were. But someone has been watching Francesca since before she ever boarded a flight to Paris. And when the danger no one saw coming finally finds her, the only thing standing between her and the truth about who she is — and who she's always been to him — is a man who has spent years convincing himself he isn't good enough, finally deciding she's worth the risk. Sometimes love requires a rescue. Sometimes it requires finally getting out of your own way. Sometimes Love Gets a Little Messy…