title: The Elegant Mistress of Saint Wells
author: Lewis, Onyx
description: Maggie Smith is manager of the exclusive Washington Ashford Hotel in downtown D.C. During a VIP banquet attended by the president himself, she meets Richard Allen, the prime minister of a Caribbean country called Saint Wells. When she accepts his invitation to Carnival and a lavish week-long vacation in paradise, her arrival on the island stirs the passions of the entire nation. The reason is simple: Richard has recently called off his engagement to the daughter of the wealthiest man in the country. And now everyone suspects he is shopping for a new bride—presumably Maggie, whom he has just invited to the nation’s most important event of the year. But an old provision in the country’s charter prohibits his marriage to a foreigner. And with powerful politicians, wealthy ex-lovers, and the prime minister’s own mother conspiring to sabotage the engagement, Maggie and Richard must decide once and for all what they are willing to sacrifice to be together. The Elegant Mistress of Saint Wells is an uplifting tale of romance, belief, and the courage to take up arms against the world for the sake of love.