Title:
Her Royal Masquerade (Her Royal
Romance, #1)
Author:
Natasha Moore
Genre:
Middle School
ebook,
191 pages
Published
October 13th 2013 by Natasha Moore
Rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
About
the book:
Time
is running out for Prince Vittorio. His father’s health is failing and he must
find a royal bride. Fast. He’s never forgotten his glimpse of a beautiful
Scandinavian princess and lures her to his Mediterranean country with an
invitation to his father’s birthday ball. He’d planned to propose a marriage
agreement as cold as her icy reputation, but then he discovers she's as
colorful and warm as a summer sunset. The heat between them flares red-hot and
when she allows him to seduce her, Vittorio sees his future unfolding just as
he had planned. But what he doesn’t know is that the woman in his bed is not a
princess at all.
The last thing schoolteacher Mia Holmberg expects when she masquerades as her royal cousin is to be swept off her feet by a charming prince. The incredible night in Vittorio’s arms is like a fairy tale come true, but she’d never want the life of a real princess, with all its pomp and politics. Knowing they can never have a future together, she slips out of his bed and back to reality, where she belongs.
But Vittorio discovers the deception and kidnaps Mia back to his palace, demanding she be his mistress until the real princess appears. Despite her attempts to stay aloof, Mia soon learns there’s more to the prince than arrogance and attitude, but now she’s in danger of falling in love with a man she can never have.
The last thing schoolteacher Mia Holmberg expects when she masquerades as her royal cousin is to be swept off her feet by a charming prince. The incredible night in Vittorio’s arms is like a fairy tale come true, but she’d never want the life of a real princess, with all its pomp and politics. Knowing they can never have a future together, she slips out of his bed and back to reality, where she belongs.
But Vittorio discovers the deception and kidnaps Mia back to his palace, demanding she be his mistress until the real princess appears. Despite her attempts to stay aloof, Mia soon learns there’s more to the prince than arrogance and attitude, but now she’s in danger of falling in love with a man she can never have.
I
have read and loved Natasha Moore’s stories with curvy heroines. After reading
this book with a non-curvy heroine I must say that this author knows women of
all sizes and makes it an obvious pleasure to read about them. Mia Holmberg is
a sweet heroine whom I couldn’t help but admire. She proves by her actions that
she loves her family and although she enters in to a deception she is a
trustworthy and admirable young woman. The story has a definite modern-day
fairy tale feeling too it yet doesn’t come across as forced or farcical. Vittorio
is a prime example of a royal Alpha male used to getting his way in all things
and I enjoyed watching his struggle when things were not going as he’d
anticipated. I’m looking forward to
reading the next in the series and felt as if the author were teasing me with
the brief preview so now it’s a countdown!!
