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"A Princess and a commoner"
Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted January 9, 2002

Her Royal Highness Georgiana Victoria Elizabeth May of the Baltic principality of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya is awakened from her sleep one morning in 1874 to learn that her beloved parents, the current rulers of her country, have been murdered. The man responsible is none other than her cousin Victor. Giana is now the ruler of her country Read more...

"Engaging historical romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 27, 2002

In 1874, Prince Victor hires assassins to kill his uncle and aunt, the ruler and his wife of the Principality of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya. Victor's men also murder loyal supporters of His Highness and seek out his cousin Princess Georgiana to complete his coup. However, due to the efforts of Read more...

Summary

Awakened one night by her father's most trusted servant, Princess Giana is given her father's ring-signifying her as ruler of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya. Her parents have been slain by her treacherous cousin in a coup to seize the throne. But with the princess still alive, no one can claim the crown. With only a handful of loyal servants left to attend and protect her, Giana flees to an abandoned hunting lodge in Scotland to hide.

Adam McKendrick is a successful hotel owner from Nevada -- and the unfortunate subject of a series of embarrassing dime novels. A stroke of luck at poker wins him a Scottish hunting lodge giving him the excuse he needs to leave the states and his infamous reputation for awhile. To his surprise, he finds the lodge has a domestic staff, headed by a very clumsy, yet quite beautiful maid named Giana...