She may never be his... but he will take her anyway.

Stoic, brooding and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs; 2) Don't give in to emotions. Never. And he had never been tempted to break these rules... until her.

Brigitte von Ascheberg. A stubborn princess that rivals his own stubbornness, and a hidden fire that burns his rules to ashes. She is not what he expected, and what he never knew he needed.

Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he is faced with the truth that can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to destroy her. Pick her up. Because she is his. His princess. Its forbidden fruit. All his depraved fantasies.