The Swedish Prince, an all-new emotional standalone by Karina Halle is now LIVE!
The Swedish Prince
by Karina Halle
Publication Date: March 22nd, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Romance
About The Book:
I never believed in fairy-tales.
Never held out for Prince Charming.
Growing up poor in small-town California as the oldest of six siblings, I knew I would never ride off into the sunset with anyone. That was even more apparent when a senseless tragedy took the lives of my parents, forcing me to become the sole guardian of our dysfunctional household at the mere age of twenty-three.
Then a fateful encounter literally brought Prince Charming to my dusty doorstep.
At first I thought Viktor was just your average businessman passing through, albeit obscenely handsome, six-foot-five, blue-eyed, and mysteriously rich.
But soon I discovered the truth behind Viktor’s façade.
Beneath his quiet, enigmatic gaze and cocky charm, is a man who is running away from who he really is. A role he’d rather not fulfill.
He is Viktor of House Nordin, His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince of Sweden.
Yet uncovering Viktor’s secret was only the first step.
I didn’t expect to fall in love with him.
I didn’t expect to have my whole life turned upside down.
When you’re from two different worlds, can your hearts meet somewhere in the middle?
Or do happily-ever-afters only exist in fairy-tales?
The Swedish Prince is a standalone romance inspired by Roman Holiday.
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My Review:
The Swedish Prince by Karina HalleMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Swedish Prince by Karina Halle is a standalone romantic tale about, you guessed it, a Swedish Prince and a blue-collar American girl. I absolutely, completely, totally ADORED Viktor and Maggie's story. I truly could NOT get enough. Having not seen Roman Holiday (at least not as an adult or that I really remember) I didn't go in with any preconceived notions about the story.
Maggie has had a rough time in the past year, having lost her parents and moved back home. Taking care of her family is her number one and only goal and she is doing great but also getting buried in the mundane life that has become her day-to-day. As a maid at the hotel in town, she walks in on a very naked, very hot, very endowed man and is embarrassed beyond belief. When he is later passed out a bar she happens to be at, she takes pity on his unconscious self and takes him home. The memory of him naked didn't hinder that decision at all.
Viktor is grieving. He lost his brother a month ago and the pain is raw. Having to step into Viktor's shoes and be under public scrutiny is causing the pain to fester. After a near breakdown he is permitted to go to the States for a month to get away under an assumed name. No entourage, no bodyguards, just Viktor. When he gets stuck in a California town with a crazy unpronounceable name on his way to LA he is content to wait for the parts to repair his car. Doesn't hurt that the maid who walked in on him stark naked was hot as sin. Especially when he wakes up in her bed the next day.
The back and forth - the give and take - I was blown away page after page by the romance and angst. The heat and steam and dirty Swedish meatballs! Le Sigh! I kept picturing Armie Hammer as Viktor as the cover model kinda reminds me of him, and more swooning commences...
The book is funny and sexy but also a thousand times much more than that. The angst and pain BOTH the characters and their families feel is palpable throughout the book. Loved It! Enjoy!
About The Author:
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.
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