Surrounded by enemies and beyond rescue….In Victorian Europe, American college girl Abigail Smithfield is offered what appears to be a dream come true: spend a week standing in for an "indisposed" princess who rules a remote kingdom. Too late, Abigail discovers the princess wants to use her as a substitute target to draw out assassins.Aided by a young nobleman torn between his growing love for her and his allegiance to his sovereign, Abigail will need all her intelligence and courage to thwart rivals who agree on only one thing – they want her dead.Set against a historical background of political intrigue and Gilded Age decadence, The Counterfeit Princess harkens back to a simpler time with a classic tale of spirit, daring, romance, and grand adventure. Melinda Young is proud to be a third-generation journalist. She has won awards for her fiction and her public radio writing. Before returning to her native Wisconsin, she lived in Hawai'i for nearly 25 years. Every January she hopes her exile from Polynesia will be over soon.
