This smoldering Sheikh needs a scandal.

Sheikh Faidh Qadir needs to create a scandal-something so shocking that the senior council will declare him unfit to rule. It's either that or marry a woman of the council's choosing and remain Sheikh for life-the two things he wants least in the world.

When Faidh learns that Mina, the palace's new pastry apprentice, is in his country illegally, he makes her a deal. Pretend to be his fiancée, help him create a scandal, and he'll make sure her exiled father is pardoned for his crimes. It's a simple arrangement. But the feelings she stirs in his heart are more complex than he could have imagined.

Mina Parks cannot believe she just agreed to a fake engagement. Faidh says the council will never accept Mina because her father is a notorious spy, and they'll remove him from the throne. But first they need to convince everyone that they're truly in love. Maybe all those public embraces and staged kisses were a little too convincing. Because Mina quickly starts to believe the fairy tale herself.

Are these two falling head over heels for real? Or is it all a cruel deception.