One day Tess was the crown princess of Costenopolie, and the next she discovered she was a beggar's child, reared as a decoy to keep the real princess safe from assassins. But Tess's flair for politics, self-defense and shopping - and her recently discovered magical powers - thwarted the kingdom's enemies and restored the real princess to the throne.
Now, she dons an ambassador's robe to help Costenopolie put its best foot forward - and to keep the newly crowned queen from tripping over her own...
Assigned to chaperone the Queen Contessa and her new husband on their honeymoon voyage, Tess spends more time playing referee between the temperamental pair. Before another battle royal can erupt, a storm forces the ship to drop anchor where another vessel is similarly stranded - and Tess finds her heart stranded between a roguish cardsharp and a disturbingly attactive army captain.
But Tess's potential suitors are least of her worries. The crew of the neighboring anchored ship reveal themselves to be pirates and abduct the royal couple for ransom - unaware that Tess's magic is the real treasure in their midst...
I really enjoyed this novel. It is actually the sequal to another book called The Decoy Princess but I had no problem following along without having read the first one.
The whole time that Tess is saying she is in love with Duncan, I am thinking "you're an idiot. Go for Jeck." I hope she write another book to follow this one because I want to know what happens to these characters.
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