Love Leaves at Midnight

With her flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, Xenia?s unusualbeauty makes her stand out in any crowd ? that is until sheunexpectedly meets her long lost cousin, Johanna, amidst the wreckageof a railway accident. Incredulous at finding her mirror image and desperate for a friend, Xenia?s initial joy is soon replaced bymisgivings when Johanna suggests an outrageous plan to swap lives fortwo weeks. However, these are soon swept aside by her forceful cousinand Xenia finds herself agreeing to help Johanna enjoy ten final daysof freedom with the Englishman she loves before her arranged Royalmarriage. As her cousin steals away from the site of the traincrash, Xenia suddenly realises all that impersonating Johanna, evenfor a short while, will entail. Especially as her cousin wastravelling to meet and marry her fiancé, King István of Luthenia, andthe journey must continue so suspicions are not aroused.Surrounded by servants and diplomats, Xenia struggles to assumethe Royal role that Johanna inhabits so easily and prays that her true identity will not be discovered.Arriving in Luthenia, Xenia isinstantly plunged into a world of political intrigue and drama amillion miles away from the quiet life she previously enjoyed in theEnglish countryside. With a Constitutional crisis threatening andrumours of revolution, Luthenia desperately needs this arrangedwedding to go ahead to cement allegiances and maintain the balance ofpower in Europe. As the Luthenian Court prepares for a grandState wedding and the nuptial date grows ever nearer, it seems thatthe beautiful cousins have only one desire in common ? they both wantto marry for love. But who shall be their bridegrooms?