A small-town single mom like me has no business believing in fairy tales.
But the very handsome, charming, dirty-talking prince (yes, seriously) I met nineteen months ago now has his fine ass and panty-melting grin planted on my front porch.
He’s been searching for me ever since I snuck out after our hot, fantasy-filled weekend together.
And, dammit, that’s a little romantic.
Now that he’s found me, he wants to pick up where we left off.
Because he thinks he’s in love with me.
Oh, and because he needs to get out of the marriage, his grandfather, the king, has arranged for him.
Right. Even if I hadn’t lied to him about everything but my first name, the carefree, adventurous woman he burned up the sheets with for three days doesn’t exist.
I’m actually a stressed-out mechanic back in my small hometown, raising a sassy fifteen-year-old daughter, and trying to make amends for my mean girl past.
I just don’t think my grease-streaked work boots scream princess material.
Of course, he won’t take no for an answer.
Shocking, I know.
Instead, he proposes a deal: I give him nineteen days to get to know the real me.
Then he’ll either get over me, go home, and marry someone else.
Or I’ll walk down that aisle.
Rags to Royals is a modern royal romance with a feisty single mom, a golden retriever prince who falls first and hard, and lots of delicious dirty talk and spice on the page. It is the third book in the Royals Gone Rogue series, but can be read as a stand-alone.
Review:
Cian and Scarlett’s book is such a delight! I loved how patient he was with her anti-relationship/this-will-never-work stance, even though he clearly was working on a deadline with his win-her-over-to-HEA-with-a-prince mission.
And I mean, who doesn’t love a Cinderella story? Especially with a golden retriever prince?
As always, the secondary characters here are gold–from Scarlett’s daughter Mariah to her twin sister Ruby (her and Henry’s story cannot come soon enough!) to pretty much the entire cast of the Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild, they’re all fabulous. Whether she’s writing as Erin Nicolle or Erin Nicholas, she really knows how to write relationships of all kinds–romantic, familial, and friendship <3
Somehow I missed the first 2 books in this series–this will be remedied ASAP! I already have the audiobooks in my queue–but I did read (Princess) Fiona’s book, so I was already familiar with the royal family to some extent. If you’re a total newbie, though, you could start here–there’s all kinds of intro material in the beginning, plus the characters do some explaining along the way–but I can’t guarantee that you too won’t want to go back and read the previous books.
And probably all of Erin Nicholas’s Bayou Boys books too while you’re at it. #sorrynotsorry
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.