By: Karen Hawkins
Genres: Romance Historical | Novella / Short Story
Posted: January 5, 2017
I have no idea how it fits in the world, however, so I can't attest to that. I can say that I didn't need to know the world to really, really enjoy it, though!
Additionally, I'm usually very averse to heavy articulate brogue on the page. I'd rather just be told they have heavy accents and not read them phonetically. However, for some reason, it didn't bother me here. I know that's a sticking point for many readers regarding Scottish historical novels, so know it is present here. However, Hawkins' skill made it feel natural.
In case you couldn't tell, I lapped THE PRINCESS WORE PLAID by Karen Hawkins up so quickly I didn't even notice the time passing on the clock. I'd definitely one-click this for your eReader for needs of escape while stuck in the middle seat on some plane.
Book Summary
Sizzling Scottish romance abounds in this e-novella in the
Princes of Oxenburg series, a Cinderella spinoff to New
York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins’s delightful
Duchess Diaries series.
A princess once bejeweled
but now tattered…
Royal princess Tatiana Romanovin
is the beautiful, wealthy, and spoiled favorite of the King
of Oxenburg. On her way to her cousin’s wedding in the
Scottish highlands, Tatiana’s carriage is involved in an
accident and, wounded, she is separated from her servants
and possessions. Tatiana soon finds herself alone in an inn
with no servants, no funds, and no proof of her identity.
Destitute, she accepts the offer from a sympathetic (but
unbelieving) innkeeper to work for her room and board while
she waits for an answer to the missive she’s sent to her
cousin Prince Nikolai. With no other recourse, Tatiana
scrubs floors and washes dirty linens, waiting for her
prince to come…
A proud lord once lost and now
found…
After a brutal, bloody battle with the French
Navy left Lord Buchan limping and surly, and abandoned by
his betrothed because of his injuries, his lordship hides
away at his manor house in the countryside. He leaves only
once a week to eat at the local inn, drawn by the expert
cooking of the innkeeper’s wife. One day, Buchan arrives to
find that the innkeeper has a new servant, a beautiful
scullery maid with a queenly air and flashing green eyes
that leave him breathless and increasingly aware of his
lonely existence…
Love may find them
yet…
The challenge of winning his way into Tatiana’s
heavily protected heart stirs Buchan back to life…but can he
and his scars—and broken heart—win a proud princess whose
only goal is to leave Scotland and return to the court where
she’s the crowning jewel?
by: Karen Hawkins
Pocket Books
April 1, 2016
On Sale: March 21, 2016
Featuring: Tatiana Romanovin; Buchan
125 pages
ISBN: 1501100378
EAN: 9781501100376
Kindle: B00P42WRC8
e-Book