Michelle Celmer

Matt Conway had left Chapel, Michigan to go to college in CA on a scholarship.

Elizabeth Pryce is the queen secretary, who ends up going to one of the balls to feel like one of the royals.  When she gets there Prince Ethan takes an interest and wants to know more about her.  She tries to stay away from him, but he keeps persuing her.  Who will win on that battle.

My Review:

Great friends-to-lovers story!  Very light and warm, loving, friendly.  I love that the hero wants a family and has been hoping to find the right woman for five years.  The hero/heroine are friends and he's her boss.  I liked how he couldn't help but smile and be happy when she got the positive pregnancy test result.  The book has a lot of comedy to it, and I really liked that.  It was cute how the hero calls his future sister-in-law "pork chop" and she calls the hero "sugar lump".  I thought it was hilarious that coming from an ultra Catholic family the sister says her new special someone is an atheist and a woman.  The epilogue made me laugh and just GRIN... it's 11 years after their marriage and they do a run down of all the times the heroine got pregnant with each child.  Hilarious.  Really warm read, I loved this couple and they have such a happy life together. 

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars, really really good book.  It's rare that I mark a SD a KEEPER, but I'm going to label this one.  It's a really great light and funny book.  Must read. 

(that means you Margie, LOL!) 

NFM

Back Cover:

Prince Ethan would never have slept with a palace employee…normally. Then plain-Jane Elizabeth Pryce appeared at the royal ball, unrecognizably gorgeous— and too desirable to ignore. When he finally discovered her true identity, he also learned she was carrying his child. A royal courtship would defuse the scandal. But would a marriage inflame the passion that still burned between them? 

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers 

Back Cover: 

Prince Phillip had sworn to do his royal duty. Someday he'd take a suitable bride—in the traditional loveless "arrangement"—and father an heir to the throne. But then he unexpectedly became king. And when he met Hannah Renault, the virtual stranger who was his intended bride, all his plans to keep her at arm's length were suddenly forgotten. 

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers.

After swallowing the fact that Hannah, an American, spent eight years getting ready for her arranged marriage to Prince, now King Phillip, it was nice to read a story, a la Diana Palmer, where she is a virgin on her wedding night. Phillip is surprised he still finds her interesting in the second week of their honeymoon. He intends to be faithful but expects their time together to be a duty!!!

I have this uncanny knack for starting series in the middle. This is the second book in the series and of course the first one that I read. It is a wonderful book therefore, I have to read the first book. In this story we have two people who swear they will not fall in love and get married. It was fun to watch them change their minds. I am looking forward to the other books in the series.

I liked this one, but there were too many loose ends. I hated the twist with Zach's brother - it was horrible - and left me feeling let down - too yucky. And where is his sister-in-law. Miranda's family - how do they feel about the pregnancy - oh so many loose ends