Stefi and the Spanish Prince
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- USD 10.99
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- USD 10.99
Descripción editorial
Fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and Loveboat, Taipei will swoon for this steamy, outrageously fun royal romance set against the backdrop of beautiful Barcelona.
“Stefi and the Spanish Prince is a dreamy (and steamy!) escape to Barcelona, full of rich descriptions of the city's food, people, and culture. It'll leave you feeling hungry—for romance, and tapas.” —Jordyn Taylor, award-winning author of The Paper Girl of Paris and The Revenge Game
In Barcelona, the beach is beautiful, the tapas are delicious, and the boys are plentiful. Good thing, too, because Stefi’s nursing a broken heart after a disastrous breakup and is excited to reinvent herself, practice her Catalan language skills, and take baking classes at a legendary culinary institute, all in a magical city in Spain where no one knows her.
Another thing Barcelona has? A secret prince. Xavi Bas is spending his final summer of anonymity helping his mother run a popular tapas spot in El Mercado. But after Stefi stops at their counter, Xavi can’t get the beautiful American girl off his mind, even though his life is way too complicated for romance.
Santiago, Xavi’s bodyguard and confidant, is tasked with keeping the prince out of trouble. Santiago knows Xavi and Stefi’s budding relationship can’t last once Xavi’s real identity becomes public. But soon Santiago is crushing on Xavi’s best friend, Diego, and his focus shifts from royal protection duties to the possibility of enjoying a romance of his own.
With all of these sparks flying, a threat to expose Xavi’s royal secret goes unheeded, and when the news blows up, it threatens to burn down all of their lives. What else could possibly go wrong?
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Freitas (The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano) conjures a Barcelona summer via lush sensory detail in this foodie rom-com. Seventeen-year-old aspiring pastry chef Stefi is vacationing in her mother's native Catalonia. While consuming the best omelet she's ever eaten in the marketplace, La Boqueria, she meets 18-year-old Xavier, a tapas proprietor's son. Stefi is eager for a summer fling to help her get over her cheating ex-boyfriend. Xavi, meanwhile, contends with intense pressures he can't share with Stefi: he is the secret love child of King Alfonso, and heir to the Spanish throne. As Santiago, Xavi's 19-year-old royal guard, tries desperately to keep them apart, Stefi and Xavi fall in love in "sunny, buttery Barcelona." But with Xavi's scheming ex-girlfriend and a ruthless gossip magazine reporter in the mix, their relationship—and their privacy—may be too much for their young guard to defend. Freitas occasionally employs stilted declarative prose to ferry the near-perfect characters along on their fairy tale–like romance while Xavi's secret identity drives the central conflict. A queer romantic subplot and tensions between Catalonia and the Madrid government add depth to this beatific romance. Ages 13–up.
