She is a reporter for the New York Globe. He is the heir to the British throne. They don't like one another very much.Upsetting the Prince of Wales by publishing untrue statements about him causes American journalist, Martha Kennedy, to immediately be in his cross-hairs, but to then post a message on Facebook that has the whole of the UK up in arms, almost loses her her job, and angers the prince so much that he confronts her.She sees him as a player, as a privileged man who shies from commitment - using women shamelessly, and using his position to take what he wants. He sees her as an obnoxious, opinionated, shameless liar whose ambition as a journalist is put before integrity, honesty and respect for his position.When they begin to discover that there is more to each of them than appears on the surface, an intimate relationship seems possible, but the king - having taken against Americans, journalists, commoners, and independent women - does everything in his power to prevent such a relationship from blossoming. He might be desperate for his son to marry and settle down, but it would be over his dead body that he'd allow that to happen with the American.