And the winner is…

An engagement ring given to an American girl by European royalty. Neither knew the importance of the ring until the wedding was thrust upon them.

After the chance meeting between the two girls, Anastasia spends the intervening years learning how to rule Ixica, a small country in Europe. When her father dies suddenly, though prepared to rule, she must marry to become Queen. When questioned about the ring, she must travel to find the girl that had stolen her heart and find out if she remembers her, still has her ring, and would give up her American dream to return to help her rule Ixica.

Jamie’s dreams are coming to fruition. She thought she had it all – a boyfriend about to propose and a promotion she’s worked hard for. When her boyfriend puts their relationship on hold, speculating she doesn’t truly love him, she is crushed. A kiss from a woman at a bar sparks the memory of a girl from her past who gave her a promise ring many years before. Was her crush real?

Finley spends summers in Ixica with his best friend Adrian, the youngest son of the royal family. Escaping his unsupportive family is a bonus. From early on, he pines after Malcolm, Adrian’s older brother. He knows Malcolm doesn’t have time for him, and, to protect his tender heart, he plays pranks on the arrogant prince, ensuring the man never sees him as anything more than a nuisance. After the death of the King—a man Finley saw as more of a father than his own—he is forced to interact with Malcolm as a person. Will Malcolm finally see him for who he really is?

Malcolm’s father, the King of Ixica, is dead. Moreover, because of an antiquated law, his sister can’t take her rightful place as the next ruler, which leaves the crown solidly on his head. Stuck in the palace, his path crosses with Finley’s in ways it never has in all the years Malcolm has known the man. The trickster of a man isn’t playing any pranks in this time of mourning. Is there more to him than Malcolm previously saw?

Casimir has lived his life by his own rules. He survived the streets and earned a scholarship to college that led him to become the premiere designer and wedding planner in Ixica. His life’s goal has been to be happy and successful. Asked to design the Royal Wedding and the Royal Coronation, he’s hit the pinnacle of success. Having planned marriages, and seen how often they’d ended in divorce, he’s avoided long term relationships. A man visiting from Chicago seems like a perfect short term fling, right?

Tucker lives for his job and his friends. When one of his two best friends falls in love with the Princess of Ixica, he sees an opportunity to shake up his life, escape, and maybe reinvent himself. In Ixica the perfect job presents itself, but with all the confusion of who will be the King, who killed the last king, and trying to set up a network to protect the palace, will Tucker be lost in the confusion?