The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle

An ordinary summer goes royally awry when a prince and princess move next door, bringing their handsome bodyguard with them, from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.

Piper Evans: elementary school teacher by day—avid romance reader and anonymous podcaster by night. She has a quiet, reclusive life, taking care of her mother, who lives with mental illness, avoiding her regrettable ex, who bartends in town, and trying to make inroads in the tight-knit island community that still sees her, five years in, as an outsider.

And she's happy with how things are—really—until British royals rent the property next to hers and their brooding bodyguard decides she's a security threat. Piper quickly realizes that one person's fairy tale is an ordinary woman's nightmare as a media frenzy takes over the island and each run-in with Harrison Cole is hotter and more confusing than the last. But beneath Harrison's no-nonsense exterior lies a soft heart, one that could tempt a woman who's sworn off attachments into believing in white knights.

But when Piper finds herself smack in the middle of a royal scandal that rocks the island she'll need more than Harrison's strong arms to shield her—she'll have to do a little rescuing herself. With careers, hearts, and friendships on the line, Piper and Harrison will have to decide what they're willing to give up for a chance at their own happily ever after.

 

 

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is a really fun, romantic summer read.

As a Brit, I found the royal elements very entertaining. The author did a fun job of imagining what the couple might be like, and how their arrival would affect an out of the way community should royalty descend on them.

The leads in this book, though, are Harrison, the principal royal bodyguard, and Piper, the immediate neighbour of the new arrivals. She has enough issues of her own to deal with, without the crazy circus which sets up camp next door. Her behaviour towards Harrison is very amusing and be ready for some good chuckles as you imagine how the scenarios would have played out. Halle's writing brings this to life in a really fun way.

I definitely recommend this to you for some fun escapism!

 

 

KARINA HALLE is a screenwriter, former music & travel journalist, and the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over sixty novels all across the romance genre. She lives with her musician husband and their adopted pit bull on an island off the coast of British Columbia, where the trees are tall, the ocean is wild, and the ideas for her future books never stop flowing.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle to read and review.