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Royally Romanced

by Marie Donovan

Published 2013219 pagesISBN 978-0-2639-0505-2

"Once upon a time, there lived an Italian prince named Georgio Di Leone. He was a stressed-out prince ... and a very protective one. So, when his little sister announces she's getting married, he flies--first-class, of course--to the enchanted kingdom of New York City, where he meets Renata Pavoni, a wedding-dress maker who is all vintage pinup girl with twenty-first-century sex appeal. Once they ride off together in his limousine, they indulge in some serious makeout action. But as things with her hot royal start to heat up, Renata wonders ...can she find a 'sexily ever after' with a real prince?"--Publisher.

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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What the reading experience may hold

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Content notes

Catalog signals suggest sexual material. These notes may not be complete; consult a publisher or reader-supplied guide when detailed warnings matter.

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Urgent pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Who it may suit

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Readers who want a thoughtful experience and enjoy noticing the connections beneath a book’s surface story.

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This book's DNA

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Royally RomancedMarie Donovan
Powerful4.9/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA shorter read219 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2013
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-2639-0505-2
Language
English
Edition record
OL29144986M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.

Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

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

Try this reading approach

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?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.