BOOKWORM REVIEW: Royal Line by Carrie Ann Ryan and Nana Malone
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Holy moly, this was a great read that did not let up on the action and romance once it got going.
London Waterford is the baby and the only girl of the Alden Royal Family. Their parents died in a car accident, leaving her eldest brother Roman in charge of the siblings and the country of Alden.
But London wants naught to do with royal duties. She wants to explore the world and document it through her photography. She has managed to secure a position as a freelancer, but getting to the job site is her biggest challenge. Fate throws an even bigger monkey wrench into her plans when her family uncovers an archaic law that requires she or one of her siblings to have a child before the last sibling turns 30. Otherwise, they forfeit their claim to the throne.
The foundation of the story is why I left off a half-star. I did not understand why it had to fall on London to fulfill the archaic law when all of the siblings did not have any serious relationships. It also was not clear until later on as to why she was being sent outside of the country for her safety, so her escape to Paris seemed like a plot device to having her meet Kannon.
Kannon owns a highly sought-after security firm. Wrapping up a babysitting job in Paris Fashion Week, he is on his way to his hotel when he has to rescue London who was trapped in a ravine. Realizing that she was in far more trouble than she let on or actually realize.
Once these two finally cross paths, the book does get better. The action was well-balanced with the spicy, tension-filled romance, and boy, did these two bring the heat. I was not surprised with the back-and-forth of emotions between these two, because Carrie Ann Ryan and Nana Malone did an incredible job in creating two emotionally dented but relatable characters that I understood why they were so scared to love.
Royal Line is the first book in the Tattered Royals series and it can be read as a standalone. However, I cannot wait to witness the downfall of London's brothers when it comes to Cupid's grasp.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A princess on the run finds her version of a prince in this epic beginning to the Tattered Royals stand-alone series.
I never asked for my tiara.
My dreams were always bigger than a palace. They're as big as the world.
Being fourth in line for the throne should have guaranteed me freedom.
I thought I was one step from walking away forever, but a long-forgotten rule forces me to run instead.
I refuse to marry a Duke and bear an heir to save our titles.
I trust my brothers to find a way to save my future, but first I need to save myself.
Only I never expected to meet danger...and Kannon Adams along the way.
I never asked for her.
My security business has secured all the clueless princess types I can handle.
Princess London Waterford of Alden is a whole other level of trouble.
Not to mention gorgeous and tempting as royal sin. Too bad she's also in danger.
When the bullets fly, I trust no one else to protect her, even if she pushes me away.
Together, we must find who's behind the threat to her life and try not to get caught in the crossfire.
One night together might never be enough, but if those who want her dead have a say, it'll be our last.
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MEET CARRIE ANN RYAN
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Talon Pack, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She's the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
MEET NANA MALONE
Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone writes Sexy Feel-Good Romance and loves all things romance and adventure.
That love started with a tattered romantic suspense she "borrowed" from her cousin. It was a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen. She's been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.
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