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Royally Romanov

Royally Romanov, July 2017
The Royals #2
by Teri Wilson

Pocket Star
262 pages
ISBN: 1501160508
EAN: 9781501160509
Kindle: B01M5CMDEN
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"A fun fast romance set in Paris!"

Fresh Fiction Review

Royally Romanov
Teri Wilson

Reviewed by Patti Loveday
Posted October 29, 2017

Romance Contemporary

ROYALLY ROMANOV is the second book in The Royals book series. I really enjoyed reading this charming and romantic novel! Wilson writes with such a lovely voice and beautifully describes in detail the wonderful setting in this novel. You can close your eyes and you are right there in the city of love. The characters are well thought out and researched working perfectly with the setting. They are smart, resourceful and loving. Meshed together it creates an amazing story that will warm your heart. While I did find this to be a fun fast read, it is a lovely story. I like the relationship between Maxim and Finley. Together they created some steamy heart-stopping love scenes. They have a sort of tug of war chemistry that makes for a drama-filled cat and mouse game.

While this is a romance novel, I did feel that the character's feelings for each other happened rather quickly and the novel would have flowed better if it was a bit slower. I like that you do not get to know Maxim right away but instead get bits and pieces along the way to help add to the mystery that surrounds him. ROYALLY ROMANOV would make for a fun weekend read with a large cup of tea and a warm blanket to snuggle with. I recommend this book for anyone who loves a fun, fast-paced romance novel.

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SUMMARY

In this charming modern day retelling of the 1956 classic Anastasia, a museum curator falls for a mysterious man who may or may not be a long lost heir to Russia’s imperial Romanov dynasty.

Finley Abbot is organizing the most prestigious art exhibit of her career at the Louvre museum—a retrospective of art from the House of Romanov. But the sudden appearance of Maxim Romanov threatens to turn her into the biggest laughingstock of the art world. When she finds herself falling in love, she realizes there’s even more at stake than her career. How can she trust a man with her whole world when he can’t remember a thing about his past?

After suffering a violent blow to the head, Maxim’s only clue to his identity is a notebook containing carefully researched documentation in his own handwriting indicating that he is the sole surviving descendant of the Grand Duchess Anastasia, previously thought dead in the murder of her family during Russia’s Bolshevik revolution. His struggle to put the mysterious pieces of his past back together leads him to Finley. At first, she’s convinced Maxim is nothing but a con artist. But there’s something undeniably captivating about the beautiful, brooding man who claims to be searching for his identity—something Finley can’t quite bring herself to resist. When he reveals a secret about one of the imperial Fabergé eggs in the collection, she accepts he may actually be telling the truth. But as soon as Finley and Maxim act on their feelings for one another, Maxim is confronted with evidence that calls into question everything he’s begun to believe about himself.


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1 comment posted.

Re: A fun fast romance set in Paris!

Well, now. This is an interesting premise. Thanks for the
review.
(Kathleen Bylsma 3:57pm November 1, 2017)

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