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Carol Marinelli

Playing the Royal Game

In the climactic finale of the USA Today–bestselling author’s royal romance series, a fairytale wedding isn’t the end of the story—it’s the beginning.
It seemed like every girl’s dream: fall in love with a prince and be whisked off for your very own glamorous happy-ever-after. But there’s more to this royal fairy tale for Allegra Jackson and Prince Alessandro Santina.
Allegra’s headline-grabbing family hardly prepared her for a life of public duty, and sinfully delicious Prince Alessandro has always seemed virtually allergic to the idea of settling down in Santa Maria.
Out of all the flamboyant, beautiful women his name’s been linked with, the heir to the throne picked ordinary Allegra with the family from hell. Now everyone is watching to see if the tabloid’s couple of the year is really playing for keeps.
199 printed pages
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
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  • fatimahj07shared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💞Loved Up
    💧Soppy

    YOUR family behaved appallingly.’ Alex hissed it out of the side of his mouth as they headed back to their suites. - isn't he uptight 😒

    She was slender, yet soft; he could see dimples on her thigh that, were this a true romance, the paparazzi would later persecute her for. - everyone has cellulite!

    ‘You really want that vulgar family to be welcomed into ours? You really think Allegra would make a suitable queen?’ ‘Alessandro!’ his mother said again, but Alex’s mind was only on one thing—he had no intention of stepping aside. ‘I am supposed to spend the rest of my life with this woman, a woman so ordinary?’ - the way she heard it, must have been horrible.

    ‘It was not that she had an affair that upset him, he said. He was worried for the people, the damage a pregnancy—’ ‘No,’ Allegra broke in. ‘Of course he was upset.’ ‘You have to understand—’ ‘I do understand,’ Allegra said, ‘because I’ve heard those types of rows too—hundreds of them—and whatever you think of my father, he’s not all that different from yours. I love him dearly, but he’s a mire of double standards. If it had been my mother who had had an affair—’ ‘It is different,’ Alex cut in. ‘Since then, we must be above rumour or reproach.’ - double standards...

    pashmina - shawls made in the worst way imaginable. If you own one of these, cry for forgiveness at the innocent baby lambs destroys for this 💔💔💔💔

    Enjoyed the letters and anecdotes at the end

  • Sangshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💞Loved Up
    🌴Beach Bag Book
    🚀Unputdownable

  • JcCarashared an impression4 years ago
    🎯Worthwhile

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