Princess Cassandra of Sereno is just starting to take on some of the roles that she will inherit as the king's oldest child. When an assassination attempt seems to be aimed at her, rather than at her father, her father sends her into hiding at the summer palace of their neighboring kingdom and long-term allies, the Meridians. In order to keep her true identity secret, she pretends to be the girlfriend of her new bodyguard, Levi Marin. Levi has worked for the rulers of Meridian for several years, but has secrets of his own. As he works with Cassandra to try to figure out who is trying to kill her, their pretended relationship begins to feel more real. Levi knows he shouldn't fall for the princess, especially because he has not been entirely truthful with her, but he finds his attraction to the beautiful, brave, and intelligent royal is hard to resist. Will their growing closeness lead Princess Cassandra into even more danger?
When I picked this off the shelf I didn't realize it was the 4th in the series but it works fine as a stand-alone. Abramson is not a NYT best selling author, but the story line is solid and the characters are, if a little too perfect, at least likeable. Ms Abramson's books often include mysteries involving the intelligence community, and I discovered that she actually worked for the CIA for a few years. This book demonstrates her understanding of the complexity of creating personal security systems. The book is by Covenant, and is squeaky clean. I was a little distracted by the narrator, who was trying to use an Italian accent, but it came out sounding like a Russian accent, but I generally enjoyed the book anyway. (2020, 304 p)
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