The Prince Next Door

The Prince Next Door
Sue Civil-Brown

When Serena Gregory's clothing-optional Caribbean cruise fell through at the last minute, the thrill-seeking dermatologist decided that helping Darius Maxwell, her mysterious new neighbor–who might or might not be a crown prince–commit a felony would be a worthwhile alternative.Yes, it would involve clothes–for the most part–but the risk of skin cancer would be drastically reduced. Not to mention she'd be helping to secure the future of an entire European country…that she'd never even heard of.That's how Serena wound up over her head in trouble when she should have been next to naked in paradise–and risking her career and cold, hard jail time for a man she'd only just met!

“I can’t believe I’m actually proposing to commit a felony in order to prove I’m not a prince.”

“It does sound weird,” Serena admitted.

“It’s the stuff of comic opera. Ordinary man on the street is suddenly informed he’s a prince. He quite naturally denies it. Then his mother informs him she has been kidnapped, and a dubious figure from the local consulate of the country involved confirms it. Ordinary-man-slash-prince knows better. Neither is he a prince, nor has his conniving mother really been kidnapped. But in order to save this flyspeck of a country buried in the Pyrenees, said ordinary man must now break in to a museum to discover who the real prince is.”

“If I were an editor, I’m not sure I’d buy the book.” Serena was laughing silently, her eyes dancing.

Darius laughed with her, aloud. “This is sheer insanity.”

“I know it is. But I love insanity.”

Readers can’t resist Sue Civil-Brown’s alluring blend of love and laughter!

“The zany supporting characters from Civil-Brown’s previous novels are back…in this breezy contemporary romance…. The romance between Derek and Sam will have fans believing in magic.”

—Publishers Weekly on Next Stop, Paradise

“The tone is upbeat, the breezes are warm, and the characters and dialogue crackle like lightning before a Florida thunderstorm.”

—Oakland Press on Catching Kelly

“Her offbeat characters and humor are wonderful.”

—Affaire de Coeur on Chasing Rainbow

“You won’t stop laughing or reading until the very end.”

—Amazon.com on Carried Away

“A powerhouse author.”

—Romantic Times reviewer Melinda Helfer

The Prince Next Door

Sue Civil-Brown

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

ALSO BY SUE CIVIL-BROWN

BREAKING ALL THE RULES

NEXT STOP, PARADISE

TEMPTING MR. WRIGHT

CATCHING KELLY

CHASING RAINBOW

LETTING LOOSE

CARRIED AWAY

HURRICANE HANNAH

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE (#ue83f5df6-a3ae-588e-bcdf-405d6f407416)

CHAPTER ONE (#ua01b07df-49e1-5465-8d10-b639dce0ace6)

CHAPTER TWO (#u05880fbd-4366-545e-875a-90705ef50e8d)

CHAPTER THREE (#u601477ee-f316-592a-a26b-26ae77ef20ec)

CHAPTER FOUR (#u0e872790-566d-58e7-b8b4-bdc73272d107)

CHAPTER FIVE (#ucc26bc31-80f6-5110-a8f3-a500ea8dd4b3)

CHAPTER SIX (#u7bcdd884-de8b-5fcf-9d83-06e63c382807)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)