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Dear Reader,

My Diamond Isles romances are being released on Harlequin's sixtieth anniversary—sixty years of spreading romance across the globe. Lily and Alexandros's royal romance thus becomes part of Harlequin's wonderful legacy of magical stories.

The Diamond Isles romances have been pure pleasure to write. They are stories of the royal households of three sun-soaked Mediterranean islands, and three heroic princes who know what's expected of them—gleaming Hessians and swashbuckling swords are definitely required—and how their princesses truly need to be romanced.

It's summer in Australia as I write this—January, so most of us are at the beach. My husband and his mates are restoring a much-loved old yacht. They potter and tinker on the boat on a swing mooring in the bay, while the dog and kids and I soak up the sand and sun and sea. The sensation's so wonderful I've tried to capture it.

In Claimed: Secret Royal Son, I've tried to evoke the smell and touch of old wood in timber yachts, the sifting of warm sand between your toes, the sea glittering its invitation to float until it's time for a drink with a little umbrella.

Real life will claim me soon, but I can always escape again into my next Diamond Isles romance. I hope you will, too—or into more of the wonderful romantic fantasies Harlequin has given its readers over the past sixty years.

Enjoy!

Marion Lennox