The Prince's Bride: A Novel by Charis Michaels

The Prince's Bride: A Novel by Charis Michaels

USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels continues her delicious Hidden Royals series with a rugged prince living in exile and his long-lost bride-to-be, who comes to find him.

Lady Marianne "Ryan" Daventry was betrothed to an obscure French prince when she was just a baby. Years later, the young prince entered exile and was never heard from again. Lady Ryan considers the betrothal off; she can hardly marry a dead man. Now another French royal has inherited the princedom and he claims the old betrothal still stands--with himself as the bridegroom. Rather than fight the cruel new prince, Lady Ryan sets out to reveal him as an imposter. She needs only to locate the original lost prince and prove he's still alive.

Prince Gabriel d'Orleans is still living, but he's very difficult to find. He goes by the name of Gabriel Reign and lives in the forest, working as a horse trainer for wealthy clients. He's hardly a pauper, but he's also not a prince. His life in the woods conceals his true identity and keeps him safe--but also alone.

Using an old childhood letter as her only guide, Lady Ryan sets out for Savernake Forest to find the missing prince. When danger thrusts them together unexpectedly, Lady Ryan is shocked at his rustic life and his commitment to his new identity. More shocking is her fierce attraction to the rugged horseman. Meanwhile, Gabriel never planned to be discovered and he certainly never planned on falling in love. But passion has a way of upending the most careful of plans, and even the strictest boundaries are no match for a love story that is meant to be.

A romance story, according to USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels, is a long, fascinating answer to the query, So, how did you two meet? She grew up on a peach farm in Texas and worked as a tour guide at Disney World in college, but now she lives in Northern Virginia with her family and writes love stories from her screened-in porch.