Forced to flee Napoleon's rampaging army on the continent, orphaned Alana Farmer and her eccentric guardian make a new home for themselves in London. There, Alana enjoys every privilege a daughter of the nobility could hope for, plus an education fit for a queen. Now, on the eve of her debut into London Society, she learns the shocking secret of her birthright. Can it be true? Is she really the lost princess of the European kingdom of Lubinia? Persuaded by her guardian to return to their homeland to quell a bloody revolt, Alana finds herself in an isolated, mountainous country whose customs strike her as medieval! With controversy and intrigue brewing around the beautiful newcomer, Christoph Becker, the captain of the palace guards, arrests Alana on suspicion that she is either a wily impostor or a seductive spy working for the shadowy figures determined to depose of the king.As far as Romance novels go this one was pretty tame. The plot was so predicable that I was able to breeze through it in one night. It was a fun read, but I was pretty annoyed that the "mystery" was solved in Scooby-Doo fashion in the last 20 pages of the book. Meaning there were no clues to help the reader solve the mystery and then in the last moment the villain comes out and explains the whole situation.
I think I spent most of my time while reading this book wondering if all of the royal guards in Lubinia wear such tight pants?!
I propose a change to the library dress code...we might want to consider those tight pants as the new standard attire for our guy staff. Got a picture in your head?
ReplyDeleteYeah, but not a good picture *shudder*. No offense to our male staff, but I think they will feel "objectified" if we make them wear those. Though it might bring in more ahem "readers" to the library.
ReplyDeleteFirst, love the tag "Total Fluff" and second, for some reason the new dress code made me remember a certain Halloween costume. And that made me giggle. Just a little.
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