[The Crown Affair 01] • The Prince's Playbook

I’m Maximillian Christoph Rochartè -- the Prince of Bellèno. I can’t fall in love with American commoner. Or can I?

I stumbled across Vivian in a biker bar when she had the stones to pour a pitcher of margaritas on a guy who was harassing another waitress. She had legs from here to eternity, the devil’s own sense of humor, and the face of an angel. She was everything I ever wanted.

But none of that mattered.

The House of Bellèno’s crown jewels were being squeezed. The monarchy had borrowed millions and the loans were coming due. I tried re-negotiating the deals but hit a wall. I’d sell my soul to save my family when an even better idea hit me.I tracked down a billionaire Duchess who was thrilled to fork over a fortune to marry her daughter, Lady Cici, to a prince. But the Duchess wouldn’t settle for me—I was the spare to the throne. She wanted my brother Leopold, the crown prince—the heir.

Then inspiration struck again. Darling Vivian was a dead ringer for Cici, and she could impersonate her for a few weeks until the real Cici returned to Bellèno to marry my brother. It was messy. It was complicated. I loved it.

I was screwed.

Because now weeks had passed, Cici hadn’t shown up, and I was falling in love with Vivian. Unfortunately, my brother was too…

The Prince’s Playbook © 2018 by USA Today bestselling author Pamela DuMond is the re-imagined, steamier, explicit version of Part-time Princess © 2014 that was originally written and published by Pamela DuMond in July, 2014. Additional content has been added to the original story.