A Royal Kiss & Tell by Julia London Series: A Royal Wedding, #2
Published by HQN Books Publication Date: May 19, 2020
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Every prince has his secrets. And she’s determined to unravel his…
Every dashing young man in London’s ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke’s hand—except one. Handsome, delectable roué Prince Leopold of Alucia can’t quite remember who Caroline is, and the insult is not to be tolerated. So, Caroline does what any clever, resourceful lady of means would do to make sure a prince remembers her: sees that amusingly risqué morsels about Leo’s reputation are printed in a ladies’ gossip gazette…all the while secretly setting her cap for the rakish royal.
Someone has been painting Leo as a blackguard, but who? Socially, it could ruin him. More important, it jeopardizes his investigation into a contemptible scheme that reaches the highest levels of government in London. Now, Leo needs Lady Caroline’s help to regain access to society. But this charming prince is about to discover that enlisting the deceptively sweet and sexy Lady Caroline might just cost him his heart, his soul and both their reputations…
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It had been a while since I read a historical romance, so I eagerly jumped into this title. Unfortunately, it fell flat to me. It might have been the characters or the storyline altogether, but in the end, it wasn’t one that I truly enjoyed.
Caroline, our heroine, comes off as a vain, self-centered girl who I wished didn’t get what she wanted as she batted her eyelashes and flirted with men. She seemed a little ridiculous to me and I absolutely didn’t want her to end up with a prince. Then there was Leo. He stumbled about drinking and carousing because he could, then when he tried to do something heroic he muddled everything so badly that you had to wonder why he thought he could do any of it by himself. All of this made me wonder why I would want these two characters together and that thought stayed with me almost to the very end of the book.
Shannon
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