To: King Leopold From: Marine Corps Captain Mark Wilder Operation: Princess Vanessa Von Volzemburg Your Highness, I've been assigned to guard Princess Vanessa while she's traveling incognito in America. But I don't enjoy spying on her. Vanessa is far from the spoiled princess I expected. She is bold and adventurous as well as lovely and vulnerable–a woman who craves a life free from her royal obligations. But she understands she must return and marry a man she doesn't love. Vanessa will be safe while she's under my care. But also know that I cannot promise to shelter her from the world, or even from myself….