To Love Honor and Defy by Aarti V Raman

A secret prince. A feisty commoner. A passion that defies danger…

Sasha is an aspiring teacher and a sunny waitress in the Bronx.

She has a crush on the tall, blond, and dangerous customer who sits in her booth.

What Sasha doesn’t know about her crush is about to get her killed.

Fact One: he is a lethally capable ex-soldier.

Fact Two: he is a secret Prince.

Fact Three: he is not used to the word no.  

When soldier Prince Alexander 'Iceman' sweeps Sasha off on his private plane back to his castle for her own protection, she has no choice but to go with him.

She has even less choice about wanting her tortured, forbidden protector.

She defiantly believes in fairytales and happy ever afters, no matter what Alexander, and common sense, warn her.

Unfortunately, with an unknown enemy placing Sasha square in their sights, Alexander’s time with Sasha in his bed and his life, is running out…

To Love Honor and Defy is a novel of high octane military romantic suspense with oodles of angst, danger, and heat between a ray of sunshine strong heroine and the tortured grumpy hero who has to save her! 

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