The Princess Plan: Royal Wedding - Julia London Audiobook

Written by Julia London
Read by Justin Hall
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Harlequin Audio
Release date: November 19, 2019
Duration: 11:29:06

Princes have pomp and glory—not crushes on commoners

Nothing gets the tongues of London’s high society wagging like a good 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 about the crime, prompting Sebastian to take an interest in playing detective—and an even greater interest in Eliza.

With a trade deal on the line and mounting pressure to secure a noble bride, there’s nothing more salacious than a prince dallying 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 when things heat up behind closed doors, it’s the prince who’ll have to decide what comes first—his country or his heart.

A review…A caretaker to her blind father, Eliza Tricklebank is not used to being noticed. Still, she longs for adventure, which is why she is delighted to find herself attending a ball held in honor of Sebastian, the Crown Prince of Alucia (a fictional European country). Gossip has it that Sebastian is looking for an English wife, and though Eliza knows she’s hardly princess material, she can’t pass up the chance to meet a real prince. Their first meeting, however, does not go well: she is drunk on rum punch, and he accidentally steps on her foot on the way to a rendezvous with another woman. The same night, Sebastian’s trusted secretary is murdered. Contrived circumstances lead Sebastian to call on Eliza and ultimately ask for her help in solving the murder. Although they continue to be rude to each other well into the novel, their feelings change once the crime-solving gets underway. The hero’s unkindness toward the heroine in the book’s beginning was problematic for this reviewer, and while he does come around, it’s too little, too late.

VERDICT A surprisingly uneven entry from the best-selling London (The Trouble with Honor). While some readers will love the Victorian commoner-meets-royalty fairy-tale plot, others may find the romance between these two mismatched characters remains unconvincing. …..Library Journal