A KINGDOM'S HONOR depends on the actions of the man assigned to protect its princess…When Princess Samira Kamal found herself pregnant and abandoned, she faced shaming her family and threatening the peace between Tamir and neighboring Montebello. Then her mysterious bodyguard made a shocking proposal: "Marry me. " She'd thought Farid Nasir more machine than man—now Samira yearned to uncover the hidden depths of the man she would call husband…For Farid, marrying the princess to save his country's honor was all in a day's work—until nighttime came. Suddenly Farid realized his wife was a warm, desirable woman—and a threat to the icy barricades of his heart!