Luc demands satisfaction and issues a challenge, a Sapphanese duel of sorts. Jase, the interloper, must literally jump off a cliff Malakai Cliff to be exact. If Jase wins, he gets the princess. If he refuses, he must leave the country. The Princess and the Playboy is hampered by a painfully predictable plot and cliched dialogue.
Secondary characters are inconsequential.
Jase and Princess Talay are forced to carry most of the novel. The cultural clash and the sexual tension between the two main characters were not enough to add freshness to the story. Forty years ago, this would have been the perfect film vehicle for Cary Grant and Gina Lollobrigida or some other exotic-looking brunette. Today, it's just a relic of a bygone era.