Once upon a time, Adam had been betrothed to North Dakotaโs heir, and sheโd been his everything, his reason for living. Failing to develop his parentsโ talents, heโs stripped of his rank and shipped to a remote corner of the kingdom to live out the rest of his life as a shamed outcast.
Defying the realities of his new caste and hiding his love for the one woman he canโt have, Adam turns to the stock markets, ghosting through the financial world in search of purpose. Trouble comes calling when his belovedโs little brother shows up on his doorstep. Adamโs first mistake is inviting in the royal runaway. His second is listening to the childโs plight, learning of New Yorkโs plan to crash North Dakotaโs stock market and incite rebellion.
Unless Adam does something to stop the rival kingdom, his former betrothed will become the property of another man. Unwilling to see her reduced to a trophy bride and unable let her go without a fight, Adam pits his love and fortunes against the influence and power of kings.
Should Adam falter, North Dakota will lose more than a princess: it will fall to civil war.
Susan Copperfield is the royal romance, urban fantasy loving alter ego of award-winning & USA Today bestselling novelist RJ Blain.
Under the super not-so-secret identity of Susan, the Royal States of America is explored, where the work of sixteen founding royal families preserved the United States from destruction and civil war when magic swept over the world.
In the Royal States, life, love, and magic always finds a way.