Dancing With the Prince: Royal Secrets

By Laura D. Bastian

She's on vacation to forget her ex. He's trying to win a business contract. Can they find a happy ever after on a Mediterranean cruise?

Lindy's Mediterranean cruise is nothing like she had planned. Her cousin, who was supposed to keep her occupied and help her forget her ex ends up seasick and stays in the cabin, and Lindy is left to her own devices. When a handsome stranger with a sexy Spanish accent runs into her one night, she's surprised he's not as overbearing as some of the other men she's met so far so Lindy agrees to see him the next day.

Carlos is on the cruise to convince the spoiled son of a rich investor to bring his business to Carlos's home country of Aragonia. As the second son of the royal family, Carlos doesn't have much free time, so meeting the beautiful American tourist is just a fun diversion. Yet the more time he spends with her, the more he wants to push his princely duties aside and enjoy the fascinating woman's company. After news leaks out that Prince Carlos is seeing an American commoner, Lindy is shocked to learn that she's the subject of tabloid gossip around the world. Lindy knows Prince Carlos is too far out of her league and Carlos knows he should follow the rules of his title, but are either of them brave enough to see where things could lead if they just give it a chance?
A short Novella

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lange House Press
• Release date: May 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9798223887072

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Dancing With the Prince

The only thing Lindy wanted on her Mediterranean cruise was to enjoy the sights and get away from the memories of her ex. She brought her cousin along as a deterrent for all the men, but when he ends up sea sick and stays in the cabin, Lindy is left to her own devices. When a handsome stranger with a sexy Spanish accent runs into her one night, she’s surprised he’s not as overbearing as some of the other men she’s met so far. He asks to see her the next day she actually agrees.

Carlos is on the cruise for one purpose, to convince the spoiled son of a rich investor to bring his business to Carlos’s home country of Aragonia. As the second son of the royal family, Carlos doesn’t have much time to play around, and meeting the beautiful American tourist is just a fun diversion. Yet the more time he spends with her, the more he wants to push his princely duties aside and just enjoy the fascinating woman’s company.

After the news leaks out that Prince Carlos is seeing an American commoner, Lindy is shocked to learn that she’s the subject of tabloid gossip around the world. Lindy knows Prince Carlos is too far out of her league and Carlos knows he should follow the rules of his title, but are either of them brave enough to see where things could lead if they just give it a chance?

DANCING WITH THE PRINCE

Laura’s Royal Secrets Book 1

A Novella

By

Laura D. Bastian

Copyright © 2018 by Laura D. Bastian

Published by Lange House Press

All rights reserved. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No part of this book can be reproduced in any form or by electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without the express written permission of the author.

Chapter One

Lindy was sick of men and didn’t want to ever see one again. She took another drink and shook her head at the bartender who asked if she needed another. One was enough and it was time to leave before all the single men descended on the cruise ship’s ballroom. She’d turned down four separate invitations for a visit to their cabins and didn’t want to deal with it again tonight.

Her cousin Paul was still struggling to get his sea legs and had decided to go to bed early, hoping the motion sickness pills they’d gotten from the on-ship pharmacy would help. Once again, she wondered why she had even decided to do this cruise.

She and her almost-fiancé had planned on taking a backpacking trip through Europe for their honeymoon. He’d never proposed, just kept stringing her along until she’d finally had enough. So to treat herself for surviving his egotistical ways and short man syndrome, she’d decided to go on a vacation by herself. But being too chicken to do that, she’d invited her cousin Paul to join her on the Mediterranean cruise.

Lindy climbed off the bar stool and adjusted the slit in the skirt of her red dress to make sure it didn’t show too much leg. Working her way to the double doors that would lead to her escape, she glanced behind her to see the room one last time. She caught sight of the guy with the thin pencil line lip mustache she’d dubbed Pierre, one of the men from last night who had practically shoved his room card in her hand.

She’d flicked it back at him, disgusted by his behavior, but almost wished she would have kept it and run up a huge bar tab buying drinks for everyone in the room. Not that they would have let her since the cards all had pictures on them, but she and Paul had laughed at all she could have done if that was her style. Instead, she would miss out on enjoying the night while trying to avoid the pervs who thought they could have whatever they wanted just because they had money.

As she left the room and stepped out into the night air, she decided she didn’t want to go directly to her room. The sky was clear and the stars were just beginning to appear. She longed for what peace it seemed to offer. An amorous couple passed her, barely even noticing she was there and she smiled to herself at how in love they were, then was