by Geneva Lee
First published 2014
Clara Hartley does not know the man who kisses her at a London party. She kisses him back. Someone nearby has a camera, and by morning the photo is everywhere. The man is Prince Alexander of Cambridge, royal exile, heir to the British throne, and the tabloids have a new obsession: who is she? Alexander finds Clara before the press can fully consume her. He is blunt about what comes next. His family is powerful and the media is ruthless, and both will tear her apart. He tells her to walk away. Clara knows he is right. She does not walk away. What follows pulls her deeper into a world of palace politics, press scrutiny, and a man who controls every room he enters. Alexander is demanding and secretive. He keeps her close on his own terms. Clara falls for him anyway, even as she learns that he has built walls no one gets past. The tension between what she wants and what he can actually give her sits at the center of everything. This is the first book in the Royals series, an international bestseller with nearly two million copies sold. Contains explicit content for readers 18 and up. Previously published as For King and Country.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dramatic, emotionally-charged, intense, intimate, passionate
Tropes: controlling-love-interest, forbidden-romance, forced-proximity, power-imbalance, slow-burn
Setting: London, British throne
Period: contemporary
361 pages · Paperback · Westminster Press
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content