Playing the Royal Game — Carol Marinelli

STOP THE PRESS: THE SANTINA-JACKSON ROYAL FAIRY TALE-FACT OR FICTION?

It seemed like every girl's dream: fall in love with a prince and be whisked off for your very own glamorous happy-ever-after-a royal fairy tale for Allegra Jackson and Prince Alessandro Santina.

Allegra's headline-grabbing family hardly prepared her for a life of public duty, and sinfully delicious Prince Alessandro has always seemed virtually allergic to the idea of settling down in Santa Maria.

Out of all the flamboyant, beautiful women his name's been linked with, the heir to the throne picked ordinary Allegra with the family from hell....

Is everything really as it seems regarding the tabloid's engagement of the year?

Hero: Prince Alessandro Santina
Heroine: Allegra Jackson