His Royal Highness, Sheikh Khan bin Zain al Hassad, Crown Prince of Altara, Defender of its Ancient and Honorable Throne, Protector of His People, and Leopard of the Finarian Hills, is a man who holds life and death power in his hands. The blood of kings and warriors runs in his veins, but when he meets American attorney Laurel Cruz, Khan forgets all his titles and becomes, instead, a man burning with passion for a woman whose traditions are nothing like his own. Laurel insists she wants nothing to do with him. She's a modern woman and she's convinced Khan is the kind of arrogant, powerful man she's fought against all her life--but when he takes her in his arms, she forgets everything except how much she wants him