First Story in the Cordova Royal Family Trilogy! Princess Anastasia Elisia Marquenda of Cordova is horrified when she is told that, despite a decade long betrothal, her wedding date to the arrogant, womanizing, domineering Prince Erik Marcus Phillips of Montbain is three weeks in the future! She decides that she should have a little freedom as well. Escaping from her gilded cage for only a few hours to purchase a cup of coffee is exciting. And when she runs into the most handsome man she's ever met in her life? It only gets better. Freedom, and love, can be quite addictive. But what to do about the engagement to a man she loathes versus the man she's fallen in love with?