What girl doesn't want to wear a tiara? Me. The one who lives in yoga pants and knows she's not special enough to be a princess. One minute I'm starting my dream life in NYC, and the next, a man too hot for his own good is banging on my door, telling me that I'm a long lost princess of a country on the other side of the Atlantic. Not exactly your typical Friday night in the Big Apple. Suddenly, all of my plans for the future are yanked away. I'm trapped in a life filled with social obligations-and stilettos!-and an uptight royal family I didn't know existed. They, and the whole rest of the freaking country, have lofty expectations I'm not sure I can meet. At least the aforementioned sexalicious man, Elias, is my constant shadow, protecting me with his life. The whole situation is overwhelming. So I've secretly put him in charge of my happiness, too...and he's taking my orders very, very seriously. So seriously, I'm falling for him even harder than the new country I'm coming to...maybe...love. And that's a major problem, because he's crazy about me, too. I may not know all the zillion rules about being royal, but I know one for sure: No way can a princess date her bodyguard... Each book in the Unexpectedly Royal series is STANDALONE: - The Princess Problem - Ruling the Princess USA TODAY bestseller Christi Barth earned a Master's degree in vocal performance and embarked upon a career on the stage. A love of romance then drew her to wedding planning. Ultimately she succumbed to her lifelong love of books and now writes contemporary romance. Christi lives in Maryland with her husband.