SUSAN STEPHENS

When a floundering singer and her daughter, Millie, are invited to a luxury yacht from the land of Khalifa, they’re immediately suspicious. Millie is approached by the country’s gruesome king but gets away thanks to Prince Khalid, also known as the Desert Hawk. He promises them safety, but the next day Millie’s mother is found dead! Eight years later, Millie works at a dry cleaner’s and has to deliver royal sheets to the infamous yacht. She’s eager to find out any information about her mother’s death but is surprised when she is greeted by the prince!

Hardly able to believe that she’s about to walk out onto such a large stage, up-and-coming singer Savannah heads to the stadium, heart pounding. She has been hastily brought in as the substitute for a veteran singer to perform the national anthem at the Six Nations rugby tournament. But the treatment awaiting her when she arrives is abominable: she’s forced into a dress that doesn’t fit, then shoved out onto the stage with barely any time to get ready. The next instant, the worst happens—her dress tears, exposing her before the huge audience. Then she’s saved by a billionaire with a face covered in scars…

A fire stole her voice and with it her dreams of becoming an opera singer, so Katie now leads a mundane life working as an attorney in a small law firm. Until the day she meets Italian playboy and business tycoon, Rigo Ruggiero and instantly falls in love. However, she senses his disappointment upon seeing her less-than-refined appearance. With a heavy heart and shattered confidence, Katie prepares to give up on yet another chapter of her life, but perhaps it isn’t yet time to step down from this stage of love.

"What the hell does that baby in your belly have to do with me?" Nico is not only a prince of Niroli but also a working architect in London. His secretary, Carrie, gave in to Nico's pushy seduction knowing that it would only be a one-night stand. Three months later, she learns that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Nico has been called back to his home country due to a dispute over who will be heir to the throne. Full of unease and hopes, Carrie and Nico are reunited at the royal palace. But what's waiting for her there are Nico's cold words and his beautiful fiancée! This is the fifth installment of the Royal House of Niroli.