Servant of the Crown

Alison Quinn, Countess of Waxwold, is content with her bookish
life—until she’s summoned to be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of
Tremontane’s mother for six months. Even the prospect of access to the
Royal Library doesn’t seem enough to make up for her sacrifice, but
Alison is prepared to do her service to the Crown. What she’s not
prepared for is Prince Anthony North, Queen Zara’s playboy brother,
who’s accustomed to getting what he wants—including the Countess of
Waxwold.
When the fallout from an unfortunate public encounter
throws the two of them together, Alison has no interest in becoming the
Prince’s next conquest. But as the weeks pass, Alison discovers there’s
more to Anthony than she—or he—realized, and their dislike becomes
friendship, and then something more—until disaster drives Alison away,
swearing never to return.
Then Alison is summoned by the Queen
again, this time to serve as Royal Librarian. A threat to Tremontane’s
government, with her treasured Library at stake, draws Alison into the
conflict…and into contact with Anthony once more. Can they work together
to save the Royal Library and Tremontane? And can she open her heart to
love again?