Royally Hers: A Hearts in Hartsville Novel

by Ivy L. James

Lorena García Fernández has built her Hartsville matchmaking company from the ground up, but her parents refuse to acknowledge the business as legitimate. Hoping to impress them, she travels to Ìovoria to find Crown Princess Finlay a match. However, when Finlay unexpectedly abdicates, her wild sister, Rosamund, becomes the crown princess and Lorena’s new client.

Lorena knows “Rowdy Rosamund” from the news headlines, but as she helps the princess, she learns there’s more to Rose than her public persona. The two women grow closer with each date Lorena sets up for the crown princess, and Lorena finds herself falling for Rose.

With only a month to find the perfect match, each failure increases the pressure to succeed. How will Lorena choose between her duty and her heart?

Royally Hers is a sapphic princess/matchmaker romance with fairy tale vibes. It is book 3 in the Hearts in Hartsville series.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication May 2, 2026

About the author

Ivy L. James wrote her first story on Post-it notes as a child. Since then, she has graduated to regular paper and enjoys writing sapphic romance and poetry. Her work has appeared in the Stygian Collection (Stygian Society), Seers and Sybils (Brigids Gate Press), Horns (Bullshit Lit), HerStry, Snowflake Magazine, and Scavengers Literary Magazine, among others. She lives in the USA.