"Forbidden: The Billionaire's Virgin Princess" by Lucy Monroe was good, but not as good as the rest of her books. Normally, I feel the relationship between the hero and heroine more deeply than I did in this book. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great book...just not up to her normally stellar work.

Lina is a princess from an Arab country. She was sent to the US as a child of six to be raised by her motherless aunt and uncle. Since then, she has struggled for her freedom and to become the mistress of her own fate. She meets Hawk when he is secretly assigned as additional security for her, but he doesn't tell her. Instead he uses her attraction for him, and his growing attraction for her, as his cover. It backfires splendidly and they part for 8 years. When they meet again the attraction is still there, and just as strong as ever. He's supposed to track her down and return her to her father the king for an arranged marriage. She's not willing. Will he be able to resist her again? Will he be able to let her go?

As I said, I didn't feel as deeply for the lead characters like I normally do in a Lucy Monroe book. Maybe it's because of the short time the leads actually spend together. In any event, I still enjoyed the read and will buy the next release in this series "Hired: The Sheik's Secretary Mistress" which should be out in August 2008. ( )