My Royal Showmance; Park Avenue Promise #2
(#2 within a series)
Publication Date: June 4, 2024
Genre/Tropes: Royal/Opposites Attract/Cinderella Story/Showbiz Romance
Author: Lexi Blake
Review Rating: 5 Gold Stars
Review/Synopsis:
Review:
I loved this story! I could completely picture My Royal Showmance being on TV.
Lexi out did herself with all the showbiz drama, the confessionals, and all the nuances that make up dating shows. It was fun with the right amount of spice, intrigue, and the perfect amount of Lexi flair added throughout.
Luca St. Marten is a king from a small country with the world’s pressures weighing down on him. As a move to help his country he’s looking for his queen on a new dating show called ,The King Takes a Bride. He doesn’t really believe in love, but he does believe in finding the right person to help his country and his cause. With all the promotion and attention coming from the show, he’s hoping for tourism to rise. What he didn’t count on was finding Anika Fox among the contestants, a woman who might be everything he’s been looking for.
Anika gets pulled into the dating pool when one of the potential “princesses” drops out at the last minute. Anika is actually on set as a PA, but with the all hands on deck mentality, she fits the bill, or more like the clothes and becomes a contestant. Anika never once dreamed that she wouldn’t get cut after the first night, or the next, or the next. She has no desire to become queen of a foreign country when she’s perfectly happy in New York, but the longer she spends with Luca the more she begins to wonder what being his queen could actually mean. The deeper she gets, can she actually have it all or is living a fantasy?
This is a wonderful fantasy, while staying totally grounded in American trash TV land. I loved everything about the story, the characters and especially how everything wrapped up.
Synopsis:
From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake, discover The Park Avenue Promise Series…
Three young women make a pact in high school—
to always be friends and to one day make it big in Manhattan.
My Royal Showmance
Anika Fox knows exactly where she wants to be, and it’s not on the set of a reality TV dating show. She’s working her way up at the production company she works for and she’s close to achieving some of her dreams. The big boss just wants one thing from her. She’s got a potential problem with the director of The King Takes a Bride and she wants Anika to pose as a production assistant and report back.
As the prince of a tiny European country, Luca St. Marten knows the world views him as one of the pampered royalty of the world. It couldn’t be further from the truth. His country is hurting and he’s right there on the front lines with his citizens. When he’s asked to do a dating show, his counselors point out that it could bring tourism back to Ralavia. It goes against his every desire, but he agrees.
When one of the contestants drops out at the last minute, Anika finds herself replacing the potential princess. She’s sure she’ll be asked to leave the first night, but Luca keeps picking her again and again. Suddenly she finds herself in the middle of a made-for-TV fantasy, and she’s unsure what’s real and what’s simply reality TV.
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