He’s the royal family’s charming troublemaker. She’s the designer hired to restore their ancient cliffside castle. The only thing more dangerous than working together… is wanting each other.
Prince Rocco SuMartra has spent his life perfecting the art of leisure. When his uncle, the King, hands him the crumbling jewel of a royal estate, Casa del Sol, and a no-nonsense designer to oversee its restoration, Rocco finds himself in unfamiliar territory.
Tessa Sinclair built her career by playing it safe. In a world quick to dismiss her as “too young” or “too ambitious,” she’s learned that crossing certain lines, especially with clients, is career suicide. Her plan for the castle is meticulous, elegant, and entirely free of distractions. Then Rocco strides in with sun-warmed skin, infuriating charm, and maddeningly good ideas about heritage and history.
Forced into close quarters, their sparring turns to stolen moments at a village festival, moonlit conversations by the pool, and culminates in a kiss that changes everything. But the deeper they fall, the higher the stakes. Tessa’s reputation is everything, and Rocco has never been the man the press, or his family, expects him to be.
If they can’t learn to trust each other with more than blueprints and deadlines, they’ll lose the one thing they never saw coming… a love worth building from the ground up.
A slow-burn, high-heat royal romance with sizzling banter, undeniable chemistry, and a castle full of secrets. Perfect for readers who love enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, and a bad boy turned hero who refuses to give up on the woman who challenges him at every turn.
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releasing february 6, 2026
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