Rafael — Susanna Carr

A contemporary romance from an award-winning author: An ordinary girl pretends to be a scandalous woman so she can distract a playboy prince. “Sexy, fun and very romantic!” (Joyfully Reviewed)

Grad student Shayla is a hopeless romantic and an optimistic matchmaker. A prince she tutors needs her help. She must pretend to be his unsuitable lover when his older brother comes to visit. She's supposed to act wild and wanton so that the prince's real girlfriend looks appropriate in comparison. Shayla is all for the plan to help love conquer all until she meets the Crown Prince Rafael and discovers he is the man of her dreams.

Shayla tests Rafael's restraint and code of honor. She goes all out in her scandalous role, losing her inhibitions, safe in the knowledge that he will never accept her indecent propositions. As much as she dreams about a powerful and sexy man like Rafael, in real life she would run in the other direction.

But she doesn't know that Rafael has discovered her deception. He's not going to get mad -- he's going after Shayla.

**Originally published in Red-Hot and Royal (NAL Signet Eclipse, June 2008).**