Review: Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills

Item: Princess and the Player
Rating: 4
Author: Shannon

Posted November 14, 2022 by Shannon in Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

Review: Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills

Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Series: Strangers in Love, #2, #2
Published by Montlake Publication Date: November 8, 2022
Pages: 283
Also in this series: Beauty and the Baller
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A masquerade ball brings together an NFL player and a penniless princess in this smart and sexy romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills.
Level-headed Francesca Lane never thought she’d miss her own wedding. But when her fiancé betrays her, she puts on her wedding dress and ditches the altar for a masquerade ball—at a sex club.
There, she meets NFL star Tuck Avery, dressed as a prince and hiding behind a mask as he celebrates his birthday. For one night, Francesca and Tuck indulge in a wickedly incognito affair. No names. No strings. And the masks don’t come off.
Unfortunately, Francesca soon realizes her prince is the wealthy jock who lives in the penthouse of her apartment building. His hobbies include parties and supermodels—or so the tabloids say. Another shallow jerk is the last thing Francesca needs, so she vows to keep Tuck from recognizing her, not that she’s his type anyway.
But fate has a teeny-tiny trick up her sleeve… a plus sign on a pregnancy test. Can this tormented prince accept love, or will he push his princess away forever?
Princess and the Player is a complete stand-alone romance with nuanced characters and a swoony happily ever after.

This was me reading Tuck and Francesa’s story.

Seriously…through the whole thing!

I don’t normally like a secret pregnancy trope, but Ilsa Madden-Mills gave us these two perfectly dinged characters that it just made sense with everything that was going on between them. Each of them had so much baggage that had to be worked through but it was undeniable that fate or some higher power kept pulling these two together. This is one of those books where I’m going to tell you to pick it up and read if rather than me telling you about it. This is one of those books you just have to experience for yourself because I think everyone is going to pick up something a little different.

I will leave you with this and it has to do with the epilogue. In this day, who leaves the house without a cell phone?

About Ilsa Madden-Mills

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills writes about strong heroines and sexy alpha males that sometimes you just want to slap.

She’s addicted to all things fantasy, including unicorns and sword-wielding heroes in books. Other fascinations include frothy coffee beverages, dark chocolate, Instagram, Ian Somerhalder (seriously hot), astronomy (she’s a Gemini), Sephora make-up, and tattoos.

She has a degree in English and a Master’s in Education.

When she’s not pecking away on her computer, she shops for cool magnets, paints old furniture, and eats her weight in sushi.

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Shannon

Owner at Cocktails and Books

I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.