This was my Cinderella moment, it was midnight, and I had to depart the palace before the spell wore off. For Dr. Whitney Young Ph.D., running away from her painful past was secretly her motivation. The further away she was from her family the better, and a teaching opportunity in the country of Vauxlance was precisely what she needed to keep her far away and focus on her career. Prince Philippe De Le Stefan is the crown prince of the small western European country of Vauxlance. He's also filled with pain due to the mistakes of his past. He'd give anything to be free of the guilt that plagued him. A chance meeting at a lavish party brings together the two broken hearts of the economics professor and the prince. Caught up in the excitement of romance, fast-paced lifestyles, celebrity, and academics, can the dynamic couple survive the pressures placed on them by outside and internal influences?