He's looking for a bride but until then he has Cassie… Layth Sati is due to inherit the Kingdom of Takisabad from his ailing uncle, but before he does, he's expected to find a bride. And so he begins the process of selecting a suitable princess: A woman who will understand the obligations and duties of his royal life. There are three contenders, each of them impeccable and eminently well-matched to a man such as him. Meanwhile, a chance meeting with art-dealer Cassandra Walton provides the perfect distraction from the rigours of selecting a wife. She is sexy, gorgeous, available, and best of all, terrified of commitment. It is her insistence that they keep their affair strictly casual, and she assures him from the beginning that she wants 'no-strings, no-mess fun'. While she's his perfect match in bed, she has no interest in matching with him anywhere else, least of all in the throne beside his. But as Layth continues to meet with prospective partners, he begins to find Cassie's lack of interest in his impending nuptials both offensive and hurtful. She's a perfect lover but she'd be a terrible wife — so why does he find himself wishing he could cast off his royal responsibilities and take her as his bride? With the expectations of a Kingdom on his shoulders, for the first time in his life Layth wants to follow his heart and not his head…