A young girl finds glamour, adventure, and the romance of her dreams - but fate threatens her love and her life!

For lovely Tona Felton, it's a dream come true - a trip aboard the gleaming, luxurious Balkans Express to a tiny storybook country. But when her pocketbook is stolen, she is left alone and penniless... until a handsome stranger offers her aid. And, in the quiet elegance of his private railway car, he offers her even more - a lifetime of love.

And Tona responds with a passion she's never known - until, after one intoxicating night in his arms, she awakes to find him gone. Only later will she discover that her lover was a king - and that as war clouds gather over the Balkans, she will be plunged into a battle to save a country - and her love!