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Royal Weddings #2
By Royal Command
The only way Lauren can escape from the war-torn island of Sant'Rosa is to marry Guy, a sexy stranger, in a fake ceremony.
But reunited with Guy under safer conditions, Lauren is overwhelmed by their mutual feelings of explosive desire! And he has news for her: their marriage vows are legal! What's more, he's really a prince, and Lauren is obliged to marry him again -- by royal command!
But reunited with Guy under safer conditions, Lauren is overwhelmed by their mutual feelings of explosive desire! And he has news for her: their marriage vows are legal! What's more, he's really a prince, and Lauren is obliged to marry him again -- by royal command!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Robyn Donald
448 books148 followersRobyn Elaine Donald was born on 14 August 1940 in Northland, New Zealand. She was the oldest child in her family, and as a child, she thrilled her four sisters and one brother with bloodcurdling adventure tales, usually very like the latest book she'd borrowed from the library.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and Robyn and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would Robyn please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks- one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years she wrote and hoped that one day she would finish a manuscript good enough that was good enough to send to a publisher.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering, he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript she was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour her husband, so she finished the manuscript, edited it as best she could, and sent it off. Three months later, she was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing.Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache.Now Robyn lives in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit - a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labradordog.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and Robyn and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would Robyn please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks- one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years she wrote and hoped that one day she would finish a manuscript good enough that was good enough to send to a publisher.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering, he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript she was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour her husband, so she finished the manuscript, edited it as best she could, and sent it off. Three months later, she was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing.Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache.Now Robyn lives in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit - a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labradordog.
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May 4, 2021
2.5 rounded up.
This had a fun premise. Heroine had to marry to hero to leave a war-torn Pacific island and seek refuge elsewhere. Heroine thought the ceremony was fake, but turns out they are really married and the hero is a prince of yet another island nation in the Mediterranean.
H/h were suspicious of each other from the beginning. Hero thought she was a married man's mistress (she was his secret half-sister) and heroine thought he was some kind of beachcomber/hippie (he was helping the islanders with their rebellion problem).
Those suspicions didn't keep them from having sex while waiting for heroine's passport. They part and then hero seeks her out to explain they are really married.
From there it really gets boring since they go to the hero's kingdom and heroine has to adjust to royal life and being worshiped by all their subjects. But she just wants the hero's love. LOL. Not my fantasy. Hero finally confesses he loves heroine after a note is thrown at them during a parade and hero thinks it's a bomb.
Only recommended for those who like these tropes.
This had a fun premise. Heroine had to marry to hero to leave a war-torn Pacific island and seek refuge elsewhere. Heroine thought the ceremony was fake, but turns out they are really married and the hero is a prince of yet another island nation in the Mediterranean.
H/h were suspicious of each other from the beginning. Hero thought she was a married man's mistress (she was his secret half-sister) and heroine thought he was some kind of beachcomber/hippie (he was helping the islanders with their rebellion problem).
Those suspicions didn't keep them from having sex while waiting for heroine's passport. They part and then hero seeks her out to explain they are really married.
From there it really gets boring since they go to the hero's kingdom and heroine has to adjust to royal life and being worshiped by all their subjects. But she just wants the hero's love. LOL. Not my fantasy. Hero finally confesses he loves heroine after a note is thrown at them during a parade and hero thinks it's a bomb.
Only recommended for those who like these tropes.
December 28, 2018
Another piece of trash to pass the time until I can started the 2019 Reading Challenge.
Ugh. Just ugh.
Ugh. Just ugh.
May 8, 2020
Not bad. Carries along
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August 26, 2014حررها الحب
روبين دونالد
ثمة طريقة واحدة تمكن لورين من الهرب من جزيرة سنتا روزا الممزقة بالحرب يجب أن تتزوج غاي الغريب الفاتن زواجا أبيض لكن الحكاية لا تنتهي هنا ...
فما إن يجتمع غاي ولورين في مكان آمن حتى يكتشفان أن وعود الزواج لم تكن مسرحية والأفظع من ذلك أنه أمير فعلا في إمارة داسيا المتوسطية وهما مجبران على الزواج ثانية علنا ... وفي زفاف رسمي ... بناء لأوامر ملكية
روبين دونالد
ثمة طريقة واحدة تمكن لورين من الهرب من جزيرة سنتا روزا الممزقة بالحرب يجب أن تتزوج غاي الغريب الفاتن زواجا أبيض لكن الحكاية لا تنتهي هنا ...
فما إن يجتمع غاي ولورين في مكان آمن حتى يكتشفان أن وعود الزواج لم تكن مسرحية والأفظع من ذلك أنه أمير فعلا في إمارة داسيا المتوسطية وهما مجبران على الزواج ثانية علنا ... وفي زفاف رسمي ... بناء لأوامر ملكية
June 3, 2021
The only way Lauren can escape from the war-torn island of Sant'Rosa is to marry Guy, a sexy stranger, in a fake ceremony.
But reunited with Guy under safer conditions, Lauren is overwhelmed by their mutual feelings of explosive desire! And he has news for her: their marriage vows are legal! What's more, he's really a prince, and Lauren is obliged to marry him again -- by royal command!
But reunited with Guy under safer conditions, Lauren is overwhelmed by their mutual feelings of explosive desire! And he has news for her: their marriage vows are legal! What's more, he's really a prince, and Lauren is obliged to marry him again -- by royal command!
September 27, 2017
I finished this last night. To be honest it wasn't bad but I didn't LOVE it. Its a fine romance but I don't like the whole 'woman has to prove shes not awful, but guy has to do no such thing' and he just treats her badly and then says I've fallen in love with you like its a horrible thing but you should be so honoured.
March 23, 2011
This one starts out ok but soon turns boring. This did not hold my interest and I did not finish it. Life is too short...
May 3, 2011
It was an alright book. Started out quite promising but sort of tapered off. Still a good read but not a great read.
February 23, 2024
Very fast paced. Cute read tho. Kinda felt like a written plan for a book like this happened and that this is it
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