Crowned: An Ordinary Girl by Natasha Oakley

Title: Crowned: An Ordinary Girl

Author: Natasha Oakley

Line: Romance

Release month : February 2007

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Back-Blurb:

Wedding – by Royal Command!

The Andovarian royal family is in mourning after the untimely death of the King. An urgent summons orders the return of the heir – His Serene Highness Crown Prince Sebastian II…

Just as Seb had caught a glimpse of what normal life could be, he was forced to do his duty. Accepting the crown meant leaving the most precious gift he’d ever had – the love of an ordinary girl…

Now, years on, Marianne Chambers is visiting Andovaria. Seb has been given the second chance he’s always longed for. But can he fight tradition and crown Marianne as his very own princess?

Review:

Moving, emotional and absolutely impossible to put down, Crowned: An Ordinary Girl is another wonderful romantic novel by one of Mills and Boon’s fastest rising stars –Natasha Oakley.

Ten years ago, Marianne Chambers was just an eighteen year old student who fell in love for the first time with a fellow undergraduate, the Austrian Sebastian Rodier. However, Marianne’s hopes for a future with Sebastian were dashed when he disappeared from her life – and then she opened a newspaper and realized that the boy she thought was an ordinary guy was in fact a Prince!

Now, Sebastian is back into her life and Marianne realizes that her feelings for him haven’t changed – if anything they are stronger than ever! But, Marianne soon realizes that Sebastian’s every move is scrutinized and his every word talked about. Is she willing to live with this or risk losing him a second time?

Natasha Oakley meshes intense emotional impact, poignant romance, heartwarming drama and vividly drawn characters into an engrossing story which you will not easily forget! Charming, spellbinding and sensitive, Crowned: An Ordinary Girl is perfect romantic escapism!

Reviewed By: Julie

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Did you know that Natasha Oakley trained as an actress before becoming a writer? To find out more about Natasha and her books you can visit her Webpage and her Blog...

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The Valentine Bride by Liz Fielding

Title: The Valentine Bride

Author: Liz Fielding

Line: Harlequin/Mills and Boon Romance

Release month: Feb 2007

The S-Factor: Sweet

Back-Blurb:

How can she begin again when her whole life’s been a lie?

Louise Valentine’s just been offered a job… Max Valentine wants to use her PR expertise to help save the family business. Since discovering she was adopted Louise is feeling less than charitable towards the Valentines…

But family loyalty wins, and sparks fly as she and Max work together. There’s always been something between them, though Max has always been strictly off limits. Now they’re both falling hard and fast – but will the past stand in the way of this special Valentine wedding…?

Review:
The Valentine Bride, the final installment in The Brides of Bella Lucia, is a wonderfully engrossing romantic novel written by one of the finest writers of category romance writing today – Liz Fielding!

Louise and Max Valentine have been attracted to one another ever since they were teenagers, but as they were both raised to think that they were cousins they never could act on their attraction – until now! Louise has just discovered the truth about her parentage and she’s furious that she’s been lied to for all these years and that she’s never been told that she’s adopted.

Refusing to have anything whatsoever to do with the Valentine family and the Bella Lucia business, she sets up her own PR business and vows never to speak to a Valentine again – until her childhood crush, Max, comes knocking on her door asking for her PR expertise.

Louise’s first instinct is to refuse, but when she finally accepts, little does she know that her old childhood feelings are about to resurface and that she’s going to be falling in love with Max, hook, line and sinker all over again.

Liz Fielding is a wonderful writer whose stories never fail to keep me engrossed from beginning to end and The Valentine Bride is no exception! Louise is a fiery, stubborn yet vulnerable heroine whom I just adored and Max is simply gorgeous!

The Valentine Bride is charming, gripping and heartwarming and you’ll be eagerly turning the pages of this book late into the night and counting the days until Liz Fielding’s next novel!

Reviewed By: Julie

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Did you know that Liz Fielding has won the prestigious RITA award twice for Best Traditional Romance? To discover more why not visit her Website or her Blog...

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