It is up to her to save her father and Hagenheim itself from a wicked plot. Margaretha knows she could never be a spy-she unable to keep anything secret-though what she soon discovers changes her romantic notions not about Claybrook but possibly Colin as well. Then Colin retrieves an heirloom she lost and asks her to spy on Claybrook as repayment. Margaretha convinces herself "Lord Colin" is just addled. And only Margaretha understands the wild story. But then an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle, claiming to be an English lord Claybrook attacked and left for dead. Margaretha has always been a romantic, and hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, will be her one true love. Melanie Dickerson is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time Christy Award winner. but when a man claiming to be an English lord arrives at the castle, she finds herself questioning her heart as she uncovers secrets about her current suitor that cast the mysterious lord in a new light. In this historical fairy-tale romance book from bestselling author Melanie Dickerson, based on The Princess and the Frog, Margaretha hopes to find her prince.
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