| Princess Vanessa just wanted some time off! She had been a princess twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week for so long she couldn't remember when she wasn't and enough was enough. She was taking action! She decided to take a vacation and see the sights. Marine Corps Captain Mark Wilders does a favor for his sister-in-law and goes to Vanessa to be her personal guard. Going out into New York to sight see, eat, shop and be merry. Little does she know she is going to fall madly and deeply for the handsome man in uniform and boy does he look sexy in it! Being away she is free to think about her dreams and hopes that she keeps hidden deep inside her. Mark just wants to do his favor and get out of there until he meets her. Everything was going splendidly until her father had security guards come for her. Then the truth came out and it just wasn't a pleasant truth. Vanessa could be a snob. She could be witchy but she isn't either. Instead she is a kind, sweet, generous woman filled with dreams she never believes can become realities. Mark is married to his work and is NOT into marriage until Vanessa comes into his life and then all the fears he had before suddenly weren't so scary. Together they both could fulfill their dreams and leave all the restrictions of duties behind for a life of normalcy (to a point). Ms. Linz wrote something beautiful. Romance At Its Best |