Going Royal
Some Like it Royal
It's
the role of a lifetime…
Living out of a car and waiting tables to make ends
meet is hardly the stuff of fairy tales. So when a gorgeous man approaches Alyx
Dagmar with a wild story about her royal lineage and an even wilder
proposition, the aspiring actress is sure he's got the wrong woman.
Self-made billionaire Daniel Voldakov needs
connections before he can expand his software business into Europe. A
blue-blooded fiancée would open all the right doors—and Daniel's certain he can
tempt the pretty but penniless Princess Alyxandretta to accept the part she was
born to play.
Alyx can't resist Daniel's offer, and throws
herself into the role. But as the paparazzi fall in love with their
"storybook romance," Alyx finds herself drawn to Daniel in ways she'd
never imagined. Are his returned affections true, or all just part of the plan?
He'll do anything it takes to prove his love, and to make her see that the only
happily ever after he wants is with her…the real her.
Quick Facts:
Some Like it Royal
Going Royal
Release Date: January 13,
2014
About the Author:
National
bestselling author, Heather Long, likes long walks in the park, science
fiction, superheroes, Marines, and men who aren’t douche bags. Her books are
filled with heroes and heroines tangled in romance as hot as Texas summertime.
From paranormal historical westerns to contemporary military romance, Heather
might switch genres, but one thing is true in all of her stories—her characters
drive the books. When she’s not wrangling her menagerie of animals, she devotes
her time to family and friends she considers family. She believes if you like
your heroes so real you could lick the grit off their chest, and your heroines
so likable, you’re sure you’ve been friends with women just like them, you’ll
enjoy her worlds as much as she does.
Contact Details:
Website:
http://www.heatherlong.net
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/HVLong
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490213-some-like-it-royal
My review:
As a big fan of Heather Long I was thrilled to be given an
ARC by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review and was not
disappointed. This is a full length
contemporary fairy tale. In this modern
day Cinderella the prince is a self-made man software billionaire who has
lifted himself up and out of the trailer park and onto the international
corporate stage. Our Cinderella is an
orphaned actress who is living in her car to save up enough to go to an immersion
acting class. Our hero finds her and
convinces her to help him break into the European market using her royal
heritage. She finally agrees but doesn’t
count on falling for him. I love that
she isn’t easy and doesn’t jump on the billionaire band wagon. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale. Sometimes sweet, at times painfully sad but
always with a sense of humor this take on an old trope is well worth the
read. It doesn’t seem to matter what
genre Heather long writes, it comes down to the fact that she tells a darn good
story and I look forward to more in this series and from this author.
Enjoy
the following excerpt for Some Like It Royal:
Three
days later, he leaned back in the auditorium of the theater he’d rented for the
day. His secretary’d placed an advertisement in all the papers for a casting
call. They’d listed very specific qualities and appearance. He’d gone through
every resume and photograph that arrived until he found Alyx Dagmar’s.
She was the only one he wanted, and she
was the only one who made the cut.
He wrote the script himself. It was a
bastardized version of My Fair Lady, but he didn’t care. The names and the
places were all that mattered—well, and the princess in question.
The theater crew admitted her, gave her
access to a dressing room and the pages she would cold read for the part. Right
on schedule she walked out on the stage. He knew she couldn’t see him in the
darkened theater.
Clasping his hands together, he sat back
and watched as she took her spot. “Whenever you’re ready.” He called quietly,
certain it would carry.
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.”
She lifted her hand as though holding a glass up to make a toast. Dressed in
the simple green strapless gown, with her glorious russet hair pinned up, she
seemed as glamorous as any model. “It is time for us to remove our masks, to
reveal ourselves to each other in the fine tradition of the old-world
masquerade. Have you danced with a duke? Did you dine with a princess? Did you
discover your true love?”
She flowed three steps toward the lip of
the stage, the single spotlight highlighting the magnificent column of her
throat. He held his breath. She was better than he imagined. With all the
gesture of flourish she mimed the removal of a mask. Her smile lit up her face
and he leaned forward.
An air of expectancy hung around her,
cloaking her as her smile turned coy, secretive. The notes said she was to
react to surprise with a hint of delight. But the riot of emotion she let play
over her face captivated him.
With a graceful curtsy, she dipped
toward the stage and her gaze roved over the audience. He could almost imagine
she hunted for him in the shadows and when she paused to straighten, her chin
came up. “Yes,” she said in a clear, true voice. “My name is Princess D’tente.”
It was a stupid name, he grimaced at it,
but he’d wanted her to take the message in it.
“And at long last, I am reunited with my
family.” She paused again, but this wasn’t in the script. Her smile faltered
and fell away.
Her gaze arrowed straight at him, where
he sat, arms braced on the back of the seat in front of him.
“You son of a bitch.”
Yep. That definitely wasn’t in the
script.
