Tis the season to be jolly? It isn't for Dr Rowan Boothe when a princess on the run from the photo–hungry press invades his hotel room. He and Mariama Mandara had their professional clashes in the past, and Rowan has no desire to become involved in her latest predicament – until they discover an abandoned baby...

Now Rowan needs Mari's help and soon discovers she's no pampered royal but a desirable woman. But how long can their Christmas escape really last?