If the cynical socialite Jermyn Edmondson, Marquis of Northcliffe, had been told that he would one day be kidnapped for ransom, he would have simply laughed.

If it had been explained to him that the kidnapper would be the lovely princess of a tiny Pyrenees kingdom, he would consider this joke unsuccessful.

But... what kind of jokes are there! Jermyn is really in captivity, and the kidnapper, Princess Amy, who seriously imagines herself as a “noble robber,” demands a tidy sum for his release.

Jermin’s only way to salvation is to charm and even seduce Amy. But this will not be easy...