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Grizzly bear shifter, Royal, needs a princess. Unfortunately the tiny mountain town of Colwood, Montana is fresh out of them. Every bear shifter in the Clawed Squad must find a mate, and soon, and the pressure on Royal to drop his dream of marrying a princess is starting to get intense. It's too bad there's no way in hell that he's ever going to drop it.

Camilla Hill is a master con artist. She gets in way over her head during a con when she pretends to be a princess in need and catches the eye of a sexy bear shifter. He's hot, dangerous, and has a thing for princesses. Can she tell him the truth before things quickly spin out of control?

Love is in the air, but so is deception, lies, and betrayal. Will the prince get his princess or just get royally screwed?

As usual, HEA, no cheating, and mature language.

137 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 21, 2016

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Kim Fox

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A hot, new paranormal romance writer who loves Werebears and the tough, BBW that can handle them.

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Profile Image for Maria11.
2,003 reviews46 followers
September 17, 2016
The first one was much much better...

This one was ok. I didn't like the characters as much.

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2,038 reviews6 followers
August 29, 2016
This is book 2 and you are all invited to a Royal wedding!

Royal (Ivan) is a real life Prince who fled his country after his parents were rightfully accused of pilfering from the people to line their pockets. He is a member of the Clawed Squad, but is totally against marrying since there is no way he could find a Princess in Colwood, Montana and he won't marry anything but. Then out of the blue appears a princess in distress and Royal is left speechless with her beauty. Could it be that his dreams have come true?

Camilla (Elsa) was abandoned in the streets at the young age of 11 and all she knows is being a con artist. When she winds up in the small town of Colwood, she sets her eyes on a very hot looking guy and although she usually keeps away from those, she can't help but target him. What she never imagined was that he would really be her Prince Charming and inspire her to change her ways.

You'll have to read this fun story to learn how Royal manages to accomplish this. As usual The Clawed Squad is funny sad and heartwarming, oh and so very hot! Can't wait for more, I especially want to read the twins story...LoL
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3,168 reviews9 followers
August 23, 2016
Gotta love Royal...Great read!!! The Prince & his Princess…wow look out Disney, lol. Loved this series and can’t wait to see who’s next! The Clawed Squad are a very unique group of men who have been through pure hell to stay alive, used abused, mistreated but yet still standing tall & strong. The camaraderie that exist between them from their past experiences is amazing, they uplift one another and complement one another. Again I will say that the twins are absolutely hilarious, the lobster scene….rotfl. Princess Elsa aka Pinocchio’s sis is in a pickle but her Prince Farming oops Charming is ready to assist her in any way she needs just like royalty.
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1,998 reviews39 followers
July 26, 2020
Ivan Maltese “Royal” is an honest to goodness prince. But after his family abused their position of power and were thrown out of the country he’s been on his own, and then forced to join the shifter division of the army. The only good thing to come out of the army was the crew he worked with, he’s take a bullet for anyone of them. This is his family. And now they live on a ranch, free from orders and bullets.

Camilla is a con artist, pulling fast cons then pulling out of town before they realise they’ve been had.
She’s been on the streets since she was eleven (her mother left her there to score drugs!) if hadn’t been for her best friend Angela taking her under her wing, Camila would have probably ended up a prostitute.
She’s moved into Colwood and is looking for an easy target.

Book 2 in a five book series sees our friendly grizzly bear looking for a princess. But in Colwood Montana is not going to be easy.
But as fate would have it, a bride ran to him and asked him to rescue her! He’s wondering where she’s come from, and when she tells him she’s trying to escape an angry father who wants to marry her off to an abusive fiancé, Royal rushes to her rescue, not realising he’s about to be conned out of his savings.
Camila can’t believe her luck, a prince rescuing her, she’s hit the jackpot.
But the more time she spends around Royal, the guilt piles up, he’s so generous and kind, and protective. Camila wants him to rescue her for real.
But what happens when he finds out his “princess” is in fact con artist?

Another fun filled short story. Plenty of laughs, and a few cheesy moments.


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Profile Image for Brittney Lathan.
596 reviews7 followers
May 13, 2021
Royal Love 👸🤴💗

Royal & Camilla

Royal is a bear shifter. He is not just a bear shifter, he's also a prince. His family fled from their home country. He just wants to marry/ mate with a princess.

Camilla is a con artist. She was left behind from her family. She had to do what she had to. Angela was her family. But along the way things started to shift.

These two fell in love along the way. Angela comes in town like a bad taste. The dog is a little entertainment. It was a nice read. A happily ever after book.
Profile Image for Jamoz23.
5,356 reviews46 followers
August 1, 2018
Not what I was expecting, a con woman and thief as a heroine. I nearly stopped reading at the silly name pun but decided to continue on, really wish I hadn't.
Some people will read this and take it all at face value but I hate dishonesty, I hated her ethos of life, it made me uncomfortable. The actions off and what happened with Angela was despicable.
958 reviews2 followers
December 27, 2018
Royal says he will only marry a princess. Camilla comes to town she’s a scam artist and claims to be Princess Elsa and needs $50K to get a hold of her $42M; Royal offers to get it for her. I didn’t care for first 85% book, I don’t like books with scam artist in them as a major character and I felt Royal deserved better. It did have a good ending.
Profile Image for Tracy Hall.
806 reviews5 followers
August 4, 2018
Ok

While I didn’t care for the story, there was one part that saved the book for me because it made me laugh so hard that it had my husband telling me to stop disturbing his TV show. That in itself was worth it.
28 reviews
August 1, 2018
Wasn't sure if I was going to like this book or not...but it quickly won me over! Highly recommend this book! I can't wait to see what the next book brings!
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361 reviews8 followers
October 6, 2018
So she had to of lied because there was no way he would have even given her a chance.
It felt unresolved being that her friend just disappeared when she was trying to blackmail them.
39 reviews3 followers
October 7, 2019
Quick read

I really enjoyed this story. Good characters and flowed well. It also felt complete, even though it's part of a series.
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Author 3 books50 followers
October 19, 2019
Shifters and the con artist.

The bear clan starting up a ranch. Only one is married and they all needed to be in order to save their home. It was an easy and fun reading.
567 reviews
January 13, 2020
Another one of the flawed squad gets married.

Royal the one that wants a princess, instead of the princess he gets involved with a grifter. He changes her life.

Read and enjoy!
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1,795 reviews6 followers
January 13, 2020
Good

This was a good book. I'm not a big fan of books involving con artists as the main character but it was pretty good.
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2,863 reviews16 followers
May 28, 2021
This is an excellent read. Royal and Camila have quite the story. A page turner that'll draw you in and have you hooked.
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1,783 reviews9 followers
December 9, 2021
Royal & Camilla

I enjoyed this addition to the Bear Shifters of Clawed Squad Rand Series. It took me a while to warm up to Camilla though.
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717 reviews13 followers
August 23, 2016
Kim Fox did another superb job in writing the second book in THE CLAWED SQUAD series. “Royal” is my favorite so far. I laughed so hard at several parts in nearly peed my pants. The twins are so damn funny. They are always fighting and getting into trouble and some it is at the hands of Royal and Camilla (Elsa). You cannot help but feel sorry for the life that Camilla has had to live because of her past. Royal has also had to live with a past that he didn’t like. But he never gives up on his dream of finding a Princess for a mate. They both so deserve to be loved and they find happiness with each other. Trust me when I say that you have to read this book. I also loved how Kim wrote in the Vega brothers. Always love reading about past couples in the new books. Book is recommended for mature readers 18 and older because of language and the S word (sex).

Ivan “Royal” Maltese is a grizzly bear shifter and a prince (even though he cut ties with his family because of their conceitedness) who is looking for a princess. He isn’t sure that he is going to find her in Colwood since it is a small town. He should resolve himself to the fact that he won’t get his princess since there aren’t any in Colwood, and he and all of the Clawed Squad have to find a mate by the end of the year or they lose everything, but he isn’t going to! Will Royal give up on finding a princess? Or will he find her?

Camilla Hill was abandoned at a young age to fend for herself. She hooked up with a con artist who taught her all she knew. Will Angela in jail Camilla is now on her own. So she lands in Colwood and decides to try a new con where she pretends to be a princess running from an arranged marriage by her father to a sheik who has no scruples. She then runs into the sexy grizzly shifter, Royal. After sometime with the Clawed Squad Camilla begins to wonder if she could actually be happy in Colwood. Now that she has fallen for Royal she starts pondering is she can tell him the truth about her. She doesn’t know that Royal is also trying to find the right time to tell her his secret. Will they confide in each other? Or will everything come out too late? Love, deception, lies, betrayal will all of these keep Royal from his princess? Or will he and his princess find the love they are looking for?

No Spoilers. ARC free book given in exchange for an honest review
2,226 reviews4 followers
February 26, 2017
What to do when a con has her heart filled by a prince. Pretend to be a princess, of course. Can she be reformed? Royal won't have it any other way.
Profile Image for Ingrid Stephanie Jordan.
1,862 reviews24 followers
August 24, 2016
Title: The Clawed Squad: Royal   
Series: The Bear Shifters of Clawed Ranch
Destination: Book 2, 107 Pages,
Author: Kim Fox
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Genre:  #PRN #BearShifters
My Score:   #5Stars☆☆☆☆☆

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I just love this lady's books. She has everything you could imagine in each book.
I love her character's their loyalty they share with their Comrades and Mates. Yes, I definitely recommend this book this whole series. You will love it.
      When the Vega Brother's were discharged from the military, but before they could get home there Dad died, he left a video for his boy's, saying that they had to get married within One Year or lose all the acers of land, They had no choice, but to save there Beloved Ranch. hey decided to quit military and stay at there farm land the General called in the Clawed Squad. Not really wanting to do the mission the Squad made a deal with the Vega's resulting in the Clawed Ranch, four thousand acres of forest, rivers, lakes and pastures on the other side of the Vega's home site. What they didn't know is that when the made the deal and spent all there money, building cabins, buying cattle they had also inherited the Vega Brothers Dad's Will.
     Camilla Hill aka: Elsa is alone in this world at eleven, an on the streets, truth is she was born alone. The only person who cared about her was Angela, who taught her how to con money out of people so she didn't have to be a hooker. But Angela got busted and went to jail for two years. Camilla was the best Con Artist around, she could con money out of anybody. Going to Colwood, Montana even if its a small town she could have some good prospects. Like that hunk at his truck. Yep, Camilla found an easy mark, or did she?
     Royal’s real name is Ivan Maltese and he was a real prince from Malderanian. He escaped from his royal family, they were greedy in which became a casualty to his poor people who were starving. So he came to the United States trying to make something of his tarnished family name. But he ended up in jail and then he was inducted into the Clawed Squad. Settling down with his brothers is all he wanted, and the only mate he wants will be a princess. Yeah right a princess in Colwood, Montana. I was gifted this book for an honest and truthful review.
550 reviews3 followers
September 21, 2016
Royal has true royal blood and he won't mate with anyone other than another royalty. Carmella is a con artist and when her latest con puts her in Royals path, he thinks it's fate. This is a fun romance that revolves around a big white lie. I was gifted this book for an honest review and I couldn't put it down until I was finished.
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1,294 reviews4 followers
August 24, 2016
Book two of the Clawed Squad is Royal. Kim Fox's spin-off series from the Vega brothers is terrific. The male characters are funny, serious, loyal, protective, dangerous, trustworthy and drop dead gorgeous shifters. Everything a shifter needs to attract a woman.
When the Clawed Squad helped the Vega brother put an end to shifters be forced against their will to fight in human wars, the Vega brothers gave half of the Vega Ranch to them. What no one knew was every owner of the ranch had to mate and married within a year of them taking possession of the ranch. This requirement was in the Vega father's will. If they didn't mate and marry within a year, the entire ranch would be turned over to the state of Montana. This stipulation had worked out great for the brothers but how could it work for the Squad when several members were against taking a mate?
Ivan Maltese was dead set against taking a mate. He had a rough childhood and a dangerous bloody adult life. He just didn't believe he was worthy of a mate. However, he decided a long time ago that if he were to mate she would have to be a princess. Ivan was a pure blooded royal prince, which was how he earned his nickname Royal. Problem...where are you going to find a true princess in the middle of Montana on a farm?
Camilla fresh off a con decides to take a few days and stay in a small town in Montana. Her mentor is in jail and she is alone. Once she decides to try out a new con that she came up with she sets things in motion. Wouldn't you know it...she's a princess in the con. When she meets Royal she tells him her name is Elsa and the con beings.
Royal and Camilla (Elsa) story is so much fun to read. Her ability to weave a story and thoroughly convince Royal is genius.
I can't wait to see what Kim has in store for us next. There are several members in the Clawed Squad that still have to find their mates. I'm excited to see what Kim is going to pull on the next make.
I received an ARC for my honest review.
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4,589 reviews28 followers
February 15, 2017
I'm loving this series this is the second book and could be read as a stand alone but i personally think it's best to read in order.This is Royal's/Ivan's (hes a prince not a very smart one but he is adorable) and Camilla's/Elsa's book(con artist not great at it good job he's not that smart)i liked these two and their story was kinda sweet i cannot wait to start the next book its the twins they crack me up.I would recommend this series.
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1,459 reviews14 followers
August 30, 2016
This book is about ‘Royal’ - Ivan Maltese and as we learn, he is in fact from a royal family - a Prince. :) He’s been pretty determined that he will only mate with a Princess. Though as you’d guess, there are not exactly many around in the wilds of Montana. :)

His mate to be is Camilla Hill. He meets her wearing a wedding dress as she sets about creating a scam. Not a good way to start, but it’s all fun until it gets out of hand.

Royal’s Bear wants her, forever, as he thinks. She’s fallen for him just as her past catches up with her and she has to hide, run or face the truth. Camilla’s partner in crime arrives to stir up trouble and attempts to drag her back with her. That’s when things get nasty and all hell breaks loose.

As we know all works out in the end and Royal really does have his princess, just not of royal birth but something much more. We also see Thorn is a bit of a softie, when he falls for the cute puppy!! ;) You’ll have to read this book to find out more.

Again, many thanks for the copy to enjoy for an open and honest review. I love these characters and it’s great to get lost into their world as they find their mates and along with the humour from all the Bears. Two down and more to go as they find their mates. So much more fun to come. :)
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313 reviews2 followers
October 12, 2016
Royal is a member of The Clawed Squad, a group of military mercenaries that are now out of the killing business and looking toward the future. While setting up their new lives in Montana they get the news they must all take mates or forfeit their new home. Royal is from royal blood and is determined to marry a princess.....only problem is, where is a princess in Montana ranching country?

Camilla has been on her own on the streets since she was eleven. Being clever and quick has kept her safe and alive. She is a pro at scams, but when she ends up in Montana and pulls a princess scam on a sexy mark, she may have just met her match.

A prince, a con artist, a puppy and a squad of shifters....What a combination! This story was sweet with a perfect balance of passionate moments. The characters are just so much fun. The whole squad will win you over, and some will have you laughing out loud and others will have your temperature rising! I loved the story and the excitement. This is a fantastic read for any shifter, paranormal, romance, hot sexy times, and lots of laughter loving reader!


Received a copy for an honest review.
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1,711 reviews16 followers
August 24, 2016

I received this for a honest review. What a wonder story. If you remember the series about the Vega brothers then at the end of the series you got to meet the Claw Squad.

Camilla Hill was not as she seemed. She was a con artist. Did not mean she did not have a good heart. She felt bad about the cons she ran but hid it well. She had been kick the to the streets at such a young age. She did not know what it was like to have a mother or father to love her. A young girl took her under her wing and showed her how to make it on the streets without selling herself.

Royal was a royal mess. He was this handsome bear shifter. He had what I guess some would call a girly side. He had loved disney movies and always wanted to marry a princess one day. So when this girl came out of no where claiming on being a princess he thought fate had smiled down on her. He was so quick to believe her lies.

Camilla and Royal are hitting if off so well. Royal is determined to win her heart. He will give all he has to keep her safe and make her happy. The question is can Camilla really go through with this scam and take advantage of Royals good kind heart?
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765 reviews2 followers
August 24, 2016
I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review. With one member of the Clawed Squad, its now time for the others to take their turn. The torch is passed onto Royal, who is the most reluctant of the bunch. Royal is not just a code name, his real name is Ivan Maltese and is really is a prince. And some things are hard to give up, like the hopes of one day marrying a princess. Royal realizes how unrealistic this is because how many princesses are running around Montana? None, right. Camilla Hill was abandoned by her mother, leaved and survived on the streets until she met an older girl named Angela who taught Camilla how to make a life for herself. She transformed from homeless street kid to hustler, thief, and con artist. Camilla arrives in Colwood spots Royal and decides he could make a next potential victim. Yet, she gets in over her head when she realizes that Royal is not only a real prince, and can offer her everything she has always wanted. Royal is ecstatic, but Thorn warns him to be cautious, and Camilla is battling over to stay or go. I love this group of shifters they are hilariously skilled in getting under each other's skin, but its all out of love.
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