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The Royal House of Illyria #3
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The passionate prince
When Prince Marco Considine sees model Jacoba Sinclair, he wants her
The supercool supermodel
But Jacoba can never surrender to Marco. She fears he'll discover her secret
And a reason for a convenient marriage! When Jacoba's secret is uncovered, Marco seizes his opportunity. By announcing their engagement he can offer her royal protectionand royal passion!
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First published November 1, 2006
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About the author
Robyn Donald
448 books148 followersRobyn Elaine Donald was born on 14 August 1940 in Northland, New Zealand. She was the oldest child in her family, and as a child, she thrilled her four sisters and one brother with bloodcurdling adventure tales, usually very like the latest book she'd borrowed from the library.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and Robyn and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would Robyn please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks- one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years she wrote and hoped that one day she would finish a manuscript good enough that was good enough to send to a publisher.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering, he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript she was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour her husband, so she finished the manuscript, edited it as best she could, and sent it off. Three months later, she was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing.Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache.Now Robyn lives in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit - a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labradordog.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and Robyn and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would Robyn please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks- one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years she wrote and hoped that one day she would finish a manuscript good enough that was good enough to send to a publisher.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering, he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript she was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour her husband, so she finished the manuscript, edited it as best she could, and sent it off. Three months later, she was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing.Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache.Now Robyn lives in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit - a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labradordog.
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December 8, 2020
The big seekrit is that the h's mother was the wife of the evil dictator that the royal family of this series took over from. He killed the h's father and then forced her mother to be his wife.
The h's mum had a baby sister and the evil dictator was the father. Eventually the mum managed to escape with the h and her sister and they have hidden their identity every since.
Now the h is a model who is becoming an author, (a familiar RD h profession,) and she meets the H while doing a perfume commercial that is going to make the H's home country wealthy.
There is a passionate waltz and LOTS of HP patented Purple Passion Mojo.
Then the h's seekrit history is revealed by a seedy journalist and the H and h are forced to get engaged to save the h's sister from retaliation by the peasants because they want revenge for the actions of the now deceased evil dictator father.
The H and h are publicly resigned, but privately wild about each other and after a dramatic assassination attempt that could have been upset by a concussed duckling, the H rescues the h and declares his True Love Forever.
We end with a fairy tale triple wedding, the reincarnation of an Ancient Queen into the current Royal Castle Housekeeper and a truly fluffy, pink sparkly HEA.
This book is pretty good as far as Royal HP Fairytales go, but I am just not that into them and really hate all things Princess.
So take my snarkiness on this HP Outing with a grain of salt, Maleficent has always been my aspirational Evil Godmother to grow up to and having Flora, Fauna and Merryweather as HPlandia icons aren't on my HP wishlist.
The h's mum had a baby sister and the evil dictator was the father. Eventually the mum managed to escape with the h and her sister and they have hidden their identity every since.
Now the h is a model who is becoming an author, (a familiar RD h profession,) and she meets the H while doing a perfume commercial that is going to make the H's home country wealthy.
There is a passionate waltz and LOTS of HP patented Purple Passion Mojo.
Then the h's seekrit history is revealed by a seedy journalist and the H and h are forced to get engaged to save the h's sister from retaliation by the peasants because they want revenge for the actions of the now deceased evil dictator father.
The H and h are publicly resigned, but privately wild about each other and after a dramatic assassination attempt that could have been upset by a concussed duckling, the H rescues the h and declares his True Love Forever.
We end with a fairy tale triple wedding, the reincarnation of an Ancient Queen into the current Royal Castle Housekeeper and a truly fluffy, pink sparkly HEA.
This book is pretty good as far as Royal HP Fairytales go, but I am just not that into them and really hate all things Princess.
So take my snarkiness on this HP Outing with a grain of salt, Maleficent has always been my aspirational Evil Godmother to grow up to and having Flora, Fauna and Merryweather as HPlandia icons aren't on my HP wishlist.
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September 6, 2018
Boring.
June 29, 2024
That was pretty chaotic… just another of flying to new places that we have past connection too off the page. It wanted to be adventurous and fun and romantic but I don’t think it was any of that. You know whose story I want to read about the heroine’s mom!!! Whoa, that would be worth reading about. So brave and strong. But skip this one cause it’s a bit of a mess as a plot and the couple…not a lot of love going on.
September 1, 2022
الانجذاب من اول نظره بين الامير ماركو وعارضة الازياء جاكوبا وما تخفيه جاكوبا عن نسبها هي واختها وماهو المنتظر ؟!
انها حقا رائعة
انها حقا رائعة
September 9, 2013
Fairly decent and at least it had a bit of a different story line what with her backstory. I liked the coolness of the heroine. She kept control of herself pretty well. The heat between the hero and heroine was believable.
No WTF moments with the plot so that was good. All in all a solid HP but not a reread.
No WTF moments with the plot so that was good. All in all a solid HP but not a reread.
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June 15, 2021The passionate prince-- When Prince Marco Considine sees model Jacoba Sinclair, he wants her-- The supercool supermodel-- But Jacoba can never surrender to Marco. She fears he'll discover her secret-- And a reason for a convenient marriage! When Jacoba's secret is uncovered, Marco seizes his opportunity. By announcing their engagement he can offer her royal protection--and royal passion!
July 4, 2011
This was a pleasant read.
January 3, 2015
Cute story.
May 26, 2014
the book had a gud enough plot but it lacked spice, angst and i dunno what else. i felt completely detached from the story/characters.
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