her name was ariaa beautiful arrogant princess from a small european kingdom stranded in a storm of intrigue near the florida keys she is swept ashore and into the arms of dashing jt montgomery an officer of the american navy disdainful at first aria is secretly tantalized by the handsome lieutenants brash independenceand beneath her proud reserve jt discovers a woman of sensuous fire to escape her enemies they return to her royal domain with aria posing as an american bride but if their daring charade succeeds aria must choose between the kingdom she was born to rule and the man she was destined to love