The Princess Plan
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4.0 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Passion. Intrigue. Love.
“This is a perfect historical romance” – Sunday Times Bestselling Author Sarah Morgan
“The gorgeous characters and the wit and charm made this a book I simply didn’t want to put down. I was willing Eliza and Sebastian on to their fairytale happy ending!” – Nicola Cornick
London’s high society loves nothing more than a scandal. And when the personal secretary of the visiting Prince Sebastian of Alucia is found murdered, it’s all anyone can talk about, including Eliza Tricklebank. Her unapologetic gossip gazette has benefited from an anonymous tip off about the crime, forcing Sebastian to ask for her help in his quest to find his friend’s killer.
With a trade deal on the line and mounting pressure to secure a noble bride, there’s nothing more dangerous than a prince socialising with a commoner. Sebastian finds Eliza’s contrary manner as frustrating as it is seductive, but they’ll have to work together if they’re going to catch the culprit. And soon, as temptation becomes harder to ignore, it’s the prince who’ll have to decide what comes first—his country or his heart.
About the author
Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling
author of more than fifty romantic fiction novels. She is the
author of the best-selling Highland Grooms historical romance
series, and the Lake Haven contemporary romance series. Julia
is the recipient of the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical
Romance and a six-time finalist for the prestigious RITA® award
for excellence in romantic fiction. She lives in Austin, Texas.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller London (Seduced by a Scot) launches a Victorian series with the complicated romantic entanglement between Miss Eliza Tricklebank, owner of a gossipy gazette and caretaker to her elderly father, and Crown Prince Sebastian Charles Iver Chartier, destined for the throne of fictional Alucia. At 28, the self-assured and pragmatic Eliza is comfortably unmarried; she publishes the gazette with the financial backing of her widowed sister, Hollis, ignoring their father's concerns about their inappropriate pursuit. Eliza and Hollis attend a masquerade ball held in the prince's honor, fertile ground for gazette content, and soon Eliza, tipsy on rum punch, meets Sebastian, who's dodging several women who want to marry him. Eliza's perceptive nature and possession of an anonymous tip are valuable to Sebastian when his trusted aide and friend Matous Reyno is murdered, possibly by an Alucian considering rebellion; as Eliza and Sebastian pursue the killer, a cross-class romance kindles. London's observations of gender roles are keen, and her protagonists are eminently likable in their dogged pursuit of their own goals despite societal expectations and political pressures. Occasional repetition slows the story, but the romance and mystery are good enough to pull the reader through.
Customer Reviews
An interesting plot
It must be difficult for authors to find a different slant to a historical romance but Julia London has taken the well used trope of aristocrat (in this case a Prince) and commoner and given it a twist of murder and treason. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.