Royal Ruin: A Second Chance Royal Romance by Jessica PetersonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love books that have a royal theme to them and I love books that have 2nd chance romance to them and this book has both of my likes in them so I was super excited to read Jessica Peterson’s newest book “Royal Ruin: A Second Chance Royal Romance”. The first book in A Flings With Kings series centers on a fake relationship - second chance romance between Prince Kit Thorne and Emily Kilpatrick. These two had met years before when Prince Kit was TA to Emily in college and they had a very brief relationship before things ended abruptly. Prince Kit really cared deeply, dare I say , was in love with Emily back in college and she had found out her scum of a fiancée back home had been cheating on her. She ends up having this “moment” with Kit and then the maybe ex fiancée comes calling on the phone, Emily takes the call and that ends the moment between Kit and her. He himself gets bad news and leaves college. Fast forward 10 years later and she is divorced from the fiancée she ended up marrying after he had cheated his way thru the marriage. Now she is trying to recover from the devastation of her marriage and get back on track with her life. I felt like Emily made a bad choice years before and she paid really bad for that mistake ten fold. She is a kind woman, looks for the good in everyone and is a people person. Oh and lets talk about sexy Kit. He's a great guy and I really like his personality. He is quite royal and loves his family.
Now the reason marriage is proposed is because of possible scandal that is engulfing the family because of Kit’s sister and her divorce. So a pretend marriage is brought up because it is thought to be the thing to bring the royal family up in ratings. Kit liked it because he still had feelings for Emily and Emily , well, she still had feelings for Kit plus Kit sweetened the pot to get her to agree. The romance between these two was great at times but then there were some low points- like when Kit lost it and went completely mental when she was running late and had to forgo a dinner because of a problem with her job and had to stay. He was so nasty and said terrible things. He threw out ultimatums and when Emily chose her job , he cut her off. It was like she had to be a wife and couldn’t have a job. They went 6 months with no speaking to one another while he was out drinking and doing whatever. That sort of soured me a bit on the story. It started off with great promise but sort of lost its way. The ending seemed a bit rushed but I still liked the ending. I still would read the next book in this series because I definitely see promise in this new series. For all the ups and downs in this book, this is still a good royal read and I liked the promise this book showed.
My Rating: 4.3 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
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