Title: Reluctantly Royal
Author: Nichole Chase
Source: paperback and eARC
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Maxwell Jameson Trevor, prince of Lilaria, hates his royal role. Despising
the limelight, he takes solace in his art studio and steers clear of any drama.
But when one of the newly discovered royals passes away, Maxwell's brother Alex
asks him to break the news to the old man's granddaughter. Though he hates to
be the bearer of doom and gloom, he doesn't want the poor girl to find out from
the tabloids. For Maxwell knows all too well how devastating that could be.
Coming from a broken home and modest background, newly ordained Lady
Meredith Thysmer has seized her chance to make a better life for herself and
her son. She's not afraid to use her best assets to get what she wants. But
when the unpretentious yet devastatingly handsome Max delivers his news, her
plans for the future come crashing to a halt. In the challenging days ahead,
Max's compassion, humor, and steadfast loyalty to Meredith and her son win her
over. She quickly finds herself doing something she swore would never happen
again: falling in love. And yet Maxwell still refuses to completely drop his
guard. Somehow Meredith's got to find a way to seduce this reluctant royal.
My take...
I was losing my heart to this prince.
A prince who would hate everything about the career I was trying to build
for myself.
**
There was something about this book that had me aching to get back to it
every time I had to put it down. It wasn't overly flashy. It didn't have some
huge, shocking twist. No, it was just a classic romance. A romance that makes
you weak in the knees as you watch the Prince fall for the girl. Yes! I was
smitten with this book. In a lot of ways it reminded me of book one, SUDDENLY
ROYAL. It had that same sense of romance. First real love and all the goody
that goes with it.
I have adored this series from the start and to finally get up close and
personal with Max was well worth the wait. And Meredith is an amazing character
too. I adored her as a mother, a duchess, and as a girl you just want to hug.
Her life isn't easy by any means, but she makes the most of it to provide for
her son, Marty.
I think my only problem came at the end of the story. At first I thought it
could have been prolonged a bit more. But I quickly changed my mind once I read
the epilogue. Chase summed up the book (and series) perfectly in just a few
pages. So all in all, there wasn’t a thing I would have changed about the
story.
Seeing these two fall for each other was such a beautiful thing. Readers
are going to once again be reminded of real romance in Chase's newest book and
all the wonderful feelings that comes along with falling in real love. 5 Stars!
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