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Claiming the Royal Innocent

by Jennifer Hayward

Published 2016288 pagesISBN 978-0-2632-6234-6

Found When Aleksandra Dimitriou is revealed as the secret daughter of Akathinia's former king, she's torn from her comfortable existence and thrust into the royal world…under the protection of Aristos Nicolades. Forbidden Aristos has orders not to touch the innocent princess, but beautiful Aleksandra calls to the rebellious urges that the self-made Greek tycoon thought he overcame long ago. Forever? As the heat of their desire rises, the rules begin to evaporate. It's soon clear that the person Aristos should be protecting Aleksandra from is himself! IMHO there's a bit of an ew! factor that will carry into the next book Kingdoms & Crowns - Jennifer Hayward 1) ♡Carrying the King's Pride (Nikandros Constantinides & Sofia Ramirez) 2) ♡Claiming the Royal Innocent (Aristos Nicolades & Aleksandra Dimitriou Constantinides) 3) ♡Marrying Her Royal Enemy (Kostas Laskos & Stella Constantinides)

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Steady pace

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Reading lengthA standard-length read288 pages in this edition
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2016
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-2632-6234-6
Language
English
Edition record
OL29292942M
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A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

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