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Nordic Royals #4
The Royal Rogue
Every family has a black sheep - even the royal ones.
In the royal family of Denmark, that black sheep is me. Princess Stella, the scandalous divorcee, the only single mom in the family. It doesn't bother me what people say. It's always been me and my daughter against the world.
Then that world of mine gets turned upside down.
Prince Orlando of Monaco, whom the media has dubbed "The Royal Rogue" for many good reasons, comes to stay. The lewd words that leave his lips are inappropriate in any company. He seems to enjoy getting under my skin- and pretty soon, under my royal bedclothes as well.
It's just a brief but torrid affair. Full of hot, dirty sex and nothing else.
Until that nothing else turns into something more, in the form of a big surprise.
I thought I got that wicked royal rogue out of my system but there's a link between us now that neither of us can ignore.
A baby.
**The Royal Rogue is the 4th book in the Nordic Royals series but, like the other books in the series, can be read as a complete standalone**
In the royal family of Denmark, that black sheep is me. Princess Stella, the scandalous divorcee, the only single mom in the family. It doesn't bother me what people say. It's always been me and my daughter against the world.
Then that world of mine gets turned upside down.
Prince Orlando of Monaco, whom the media has dubbed "The Royal Rogue" for many good reasons, comes to stay. The lewd words that leave his lips are inappropriate in any company. He seems to enjoy getting under my skin- and pretty soon, under my royal bedclothes as well.
It's just a brief but torrid affair. Full of hot, dirty sex and nothing else.
Until that nothing else turns into something more, in the form of a big surprise.
I thought I got that wicked royal rogue out of my system but there's a link between us now that neither of us can ignore.
A baby.
**The Royal Rogue is the 4th book in the Nordic Royals series but, like the other books in the series, can be read as a complete standalone**
263 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 18, 2019
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About the author
Karina Halle
118 books19.8k followersKarina Halle is a screenwriter, former music & travel journalist, and the New York Times bestselling author of Grave Matter, Blood Orange, & The Royals Next Door, as well as 80 other romances across all sub-genres, ranging from spicy rom coms to gothic horror and dark fantasy. Needless to say, whatever you're into, she's probably written an HEA for it.
When she's not traveling, she, her husband, and their pup Perry, split their time between a possibly haunted 120 year-old house in Victoria, BC, and their condo in Los Angeles.
When she's not traveling, she, her husband, and their pup Perry, split their time between a possibly haunted 120 year-old house in Victoria, BC, and their condo in Los Angeles.
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October 21, 2019
Sigh.. this is all on me. Good ol little me.
I suggest don’t read it if you plan to read this amazing gem. My review will spoil the whole enchilada.
This book is stupid. It went 0-60 in matter of a few pages. Heroine meets the most amazing whore of hero, few minutes later she was having raunchy sex in the bathroom. What pisses me more off is that she knew that he was a player, a “reformed” whore that he was in a relationship with this woman for 4 years on and off of course like that it’s going to help. He said that he wasn’t anyone’s. That he wasn’t committed to anyone. So the first thing she does is to sleep with the whore without any protection and of course if you guess that she gets pregnant then yes you’re right.
His family and him leaves but 4 days later he comes back to the heroine’s palace and with him is his girlfriend holding hands like they’re in love. He’s smiling and all.
“Before I met Orlando, one of the things I knew about him was that he had been The Royal Rogue, the hard-partying, surfing, drinking, playboy prince. He had been all of those things, famously, until he met Zoya Ivanov. They started dating and even though reports had them on and off from time to time, they had been together for at least four years. The last I had heard were rumors they were off again and I wasn’t paying that much attention. In fact, I didn’t even think about it until after we had sex in the bathroom. Then I asked him about her. He told me he had no commitments. I believed him. And yet here he is, with her.”
“I’m livid that Orlando was still seeing Zoya this whole time, that he lied to me. No commitments? Is that why she’s here, now, in front of me? I mean, what the hell? You don’t bring your girlfriend to the house of the girl you just cheated on her with! Even if they had been on some sort of break, it wasn’t quite a break if she came back in the picture days later.”
“I’m pathetic. A real pathetic excuse for a woman.”
You got that right sweetheart. Especially after losing your train of thought when in the presence of the cheater. Not to mention how you have unprotected sex with a man that you didn’t know and one that was in a relationship with another woman that you knew about!
I feel sorry for the girlfriend because she seemed nice but I’m pretty sure the author will turn around into a catty bitch because let’s face that’s how authors operate always!
““I’m not listening to you. There’s nothing you can say to me that will ever make this right.” “It’s not what you think.” “What do you mean it’s not what I think?” I snarl, trying hard not to yell. “I saw you kiss her during dinner, multiple times. You held her hand. Her hand was on your knee. The damn tabloids say she’s your girlfriend. Are you going to deny that you’re together?” He sighs and rubs the heel of his palm into his forehead. “No.”
And it’s a fake relationship. Very original. Never an author in my history of reading books have come up with such original story.
I’ll just break it down.
-hero NOW fake dating another woman- ✔️
-unprotected sex. ✔️
-weak, pathetic heroine who loses her train of thought in the presence of the whore. ✔️✔️
-surprise baby. One that it was very quick to conceived because the heroine has endometriosis and it’s hard for her to get pregnant but hero’s magical cock cured her of her infertility issues.✔️
-predictable stupid plot.✔️
“When Zoya and I first started dating, everything was legitimate. I was attracted to her, obviously, who wouldn’t be? I liked being around her. I had feelings for her. I . . . loved her? I’d never been in love before, so I still assume that’s what it was. Whatever I felt though, it was strong and it was real.”
So he’s been intimate with her and the last time he was it was 2 years ago. They lived together, they have separate rooms but they still lived very much together. He doesn’t plan to tell her about the heroine’s pregnancy either.
And while he’s been “fake” dating this OW he’s been having a few rolls in the sheets with other women. Of course he makes them sign NDAs because it can’t come out that he cheats on the girlfriend. The girlfriend who’s bisexual and one who’s in love with her girlfriend. Only she wasn’t always his fake girlfriend, he dated her for a year and a half and it was very real until she told him that if she cones out it could ruin her career and she could be in danger so him being the selfless man that he is, is fake dating her. He knows he has to married this woman and pop a few heirs. Only now it’s the heroine who’s giving him a heir. You know how funny a man sounds when he ask the close to being a nun heroine if the baby is his because he’s not sure if it’s his only he really knows because the heroine was frozen when he had sex with her because he threw it on her face? 🙄
They spent months apart. While he spent it with his fake girlfriend, she spent it alone with her daughter. He said that he wanted to be part of his child’s life but he wasn’t doing anything to make it happen. Still at this point he hasn’t told anyone about his unborn baby not even his fake girlfriend knew.
“As it is, it seems like she’s going to have the baby, keep my involvement a secret, and maybe I’ll see the child every now and then. The child will never know I’m the father. I’ll have to keep that truth buried deep in my soul. And I’ll go on with Zoya, marrying her and having children of my own, children I have no doubt I’ll love deeply, but will be so different from the one I have with Stella.”
When the fake GF finds out the truth about the baby she becomes manipulative and he lets her manipulated him. He chose his “destiny” over his baby and the heroine. The gf told him she would give him a legitimate heir if he becomes the ruler of his country. And for me that’s where the book ended at 77%. There’s no HEA for me because he chose to continue being with the OW knowing he was deserting his child and the heroine. I could care less when he changes his mind later. What man chooses a woman over his child? A woman that was in a relationship with another woman just because it was expected of him to produce a legitimate heir. He was a coward. The child deserved a better father.
And the best part? The asshole doesn’t grovel. He tells her that he loves her and she takes him back. She and her child are his second choice and she just forgives him. And the gf didn’t actually cared, she ends up married to her own gf and all that manipulation was for nothing! 🤦🏻♀️
Good bye!
I suggest don’t read it if you plan to read this amazing gem. My review will spoil the whole enchilada.
This book is stupid. It went 0-60 in matter of a few pages. Heroine meets the most amazing whore of hero, few minutes later she was having raunchy sex in the bathroom. What pisses me more off is that she knew that he was a player, a “reformed” whore that he was in a relationship with this woman for 4 years on and off of course like that it’s going to help. He said that he wasn’t anyone’s. That he wasn’t committed to anyone. So the first thing she does is to sleep with the whore without any protection and of course if you guess that she gets pregnant then yes you’re right.
His family and him leaves but 4 days later he comes back to the heroine’s palace and with him is his girlfriend holding hands like they’re in love. He’s smiling and all.
“Before I met Orlando, one of the things I knew about him was that he had been The Royal Rogue, the hard-partying, surfing, drinking, playboy prince. He had been all of those things, famously, until he met Zoya Ivanov. They started dating and even though reports had them on and off from time to time, they had been together for at least four years. The last I had heard were rumors they were off again and I wasn’t paying that much attention. In fact, I didn’t even think about it until after we had sex in the bathroom. Then I asked him about her. He told me he had no commitments. I believed him. And yet here he is, with her.”
“I’m livid that Orlando was still seeing Zoya this whole time, that he lied to me. No commitments? Is that why she’s here, now, in front of me? I mean, what the hell? You don’t bring your girlfriend to the house of the girl you just cheated on her with! Even if they had been on some sort of break, it wasn’t quite a break if she came back in the picture days later.”
“I’m pathetic. A real pathetic excuse for a woman.”
You got that right sweetheart. Especially after losing your train of thought when in the presence of the cheater. Not to mention how you have unprotected sex with a man that you didn’t know and one that was in a relationship with another woman that you knew about!
I feel sorry for the girlfriend because she seemed nice but I’m pretty sure the author will turn around into a catty bitch because let’s face that’s how authors operate always!
““I’m not listening to you. There’s nothing you can say to me that will ever make this right.” “It’s not what you think.” “What do you mean it’s not what I think?” I snarl, trying hard not to yell. “I saw you kiss her during dinner, multiple times. You held her hand. Her hand was on your knee. The damn tabloids say she’s your girlfriend. Are you going to deny that you’re together?” He sighs and rubs the heel of his palm into his forehead. “No.”
And it’s a fake relationship. Very original. Never an author in my history of reading books have come up with such original story.
I’ll just break it down.
-hero NOW fake dating another woman- ✔️
-unprotected sex. ✔️
-weak, pathetic heroine who loses her train of thought in the presence of the whore. ✔️✔️
-surprise baby. One that it was very quick to conceived because the heroine has endometriosis and it’s hard for her to get pregnant but hero’s magical cock cured her of her infertility issues.✔️
-predictable stupid plot.✔️
“When Zoya and I first started dating, everything was legitimate. I was attracted to her, obviously, who wouldn’t be? I liked being around her. I had feelings for her. I . . . loved her? I’d never been in love before, so I still assume that’s what it was. Whatever I felt though, it was strong and it was real.”
So he’s been intimate with her and the last time he was it was 2 years ago. They lived together, they have separate rooms but they still lived very much together. He doesn’t plan to tell her about the heroine’s pregnancy either.
And while he’s been “fake” dating this OW he’s been having a few rolls in the sheets with other women. Of course he makes them sign NDAs because it can’t come out that he cheats on the girlfriend. The girlfriend who’s bisexual and one who’s in love with her girlfriend. Only she wasn’t always his fake girlfriend, he dated her for a year and a half and it was very real until she told him that if she cones out it could ruin her career and she could be in danger so him being the selfless man that he is, is fake dating her. He knows he has to married this woman and pop a few heirs. Only now it’s the heroine who’s giving him a heir. You know how funny a man sounds when he ask the close to being a nun heroine if the baby is his because he’s not sure if it’s his only he really knows because the heroine was frozen when he had sex with her because he threw it on her face? 🙄
They spent months apart. While he spent it with his fake girlfriend, she spent it alone with her daughter. He said that he wanted to be part of his child’s life but he wasn’t doing anything to make it happen. Still at this point he hasn’t told anyone about his unborn baby not even his fake girlfriend knew.
“As it is, it seems like she’s going to have the baby, keep my involvement a secret, and maybe I’ll see the child every now and then. The child will never know I’m the father. I’ll have to keep that truth buried deep in my soul. And I’ll go on with Zoya, marrying her and having children of my own, children I have no doubt I’ll love deeply, but will be so different from the one I have with Stella.”
When the fake GF finds out the truth about the baby she becomes manipulative and he lets her manipulated him. He chose his “destiny” over his baby and the heroine. The gf told him she would give him a legitimate heir if he becomes the ruler of his country. And for me that’s where the book ended at 77%. There’s no HEA for me because he chose to continue being with the OW knowing he was deserting his child and the heroine. I could care less when he changes his mind later. What man chooses a woman over his child? A woman that was in a relationship with another woman just because it was expected of him to produce a legitimate heir. He was a coward. The child deserved a better father.
And the best part? The asshole doesn’t grovel. He tells her that he loves her and she takes him back. She and her child are his second choice and she just forgives him. And the gf didn’t actually cared, she ends up married to her own gf and all that manipulation was for nothing! 🤦🏻♀️
Good bye!
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March 15, 2020
3 stars
This one was okay. Not as good as the previous two books in the series tho. It was just okay.
This one was okay. Not as good as the previous two books in the series tho. It was just okay.
March 6, 2020
Either I'm an eternal optimist or an idiot because after book 1 in the series I had already told myself this particular brand of romance— wasn't necessarily what worked for me.
But what can I do? On paper I did like the tropey blurb and I just hoped this would fill my reading mood.
The opposite attracts, enemies to lovers, surprise pregnancy, royal theme, a single mom and a manwhore... I mean, all of it screamed lusty passion, angsty drama, grovel, romance and banter, right? A fun and sexy romance read.
Unfortunately, The Royal Rogue mostly delivered, well, Drama with a big D, yeah. So much drama, so contrived, so ridiculous.
The romance was pretty much non-existent. There was lust, hot sex encounters, drama, more drama and more sex. So if you can suspend all disbeliefs and don't care much for emotional or character's development, go right ahead, this one may be just what you're looking for.
I'm aware most of our romance stories should be read as pure fantasy and I'm glad for the escapism they provide but in 2019, could we please stop with the magical peen curing whatever ails the heroine? In this case Orlando's royal rod cured he heroine's infertility. Fantasy realm for sure.
I know some readers apply the rule of 3 strikes and stop reading whenever an author fails to satisfy them, maybe it's time I start using that rule for myself. Being hopeful led me to disappointment here.
At least this was a KU title so I don't feel like I wasted money. Just time.
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But what can I do? On paper I did like the tropey blurb and I just hoped this would fill my reading mood.
The opposite attracts, enemies to lovers, surprise pregnancy, royal theme, a single mom and a manwhore... I mean, all of it screamed lusty passion, angsty drama, grovel, romance and banter, right? A fun and sexy romance read.
Unfortunately, The Royal Rogue mostly delivered, well, Drama with a big D, yeah. So much drama, so contrived, so ridiculous.
The romance was pretty much non-existent. There was lust, hot sex encounters, drama, more drama and more sex. So if you can suspend all disbeliefs and don't care much for emotional or character's development, go right ahead, this one may be just what you're looking for.
I'm aware most of our romance stories should be read as pure fantasy and I'm glad for the escapism they provide but in 2019, could we please stop with the magical peen curing whatever ails the heroine? In this case Orlando's royal rod cured he heroine's infertility. Fantasy realm for sure.
I know some readers apply the rule of 3 strikes and stop reading whenever an author fails to satisfy them, maybe it's time I start using that rule for myself. Being hopeful led me to disappointment here.
At least this was a KU title so I don't feel like I wasted money. Just time.
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July 17, 2022
I don’t see how this man is supposed to be the heir to the throne because he’s so dumb….
March 8, 2020
<3 5 STARS <3
Love it, I adore this series!The Royal Rogue is a fast paced,heartwarming and super hot read!I fall in love with Stella and Orlando and the rest Royals!
I devour it, I have a smile on my face most of the time!One of the best things in this one is the tension and passion between Stella and Orlando!I loved Orlando's dirty mouth and Stella is fantastic!
The romance is amazing, I loved the set up and how they met also the way things went for them!It was lighthearted and intense!
Love it, I adore this series!The Royal Rogue is a fast paced,heartwarming and super hot read!I fall in love with Stella and Orlando and the rest Royals!
I devour it, I have a smile on my face most of the time!One of the best things in this one is the tension and passion between Stella and Orlando!I loved Orlando's dirty mouth and Stella is fantastic!
The romance is amazing, I loved the set up and how they met also the way things went for them!It was lighthearted and intense!
January 30, 2021
I devoured it in one sitting—gosh, how much I missed Karina Halle’s words.
October 20, 2019
4.5 STARS!!!!
I’m such a sucker for a sweet, swoony romance with ALLLLLL the sexy times and ALL the feels, and that’s exactly what THE ROYAL ROGUE is! It’s fun, it’s dreamy, its romantic, and it’s a little angsty! Princess Stella and Prince Orlando are two of my fav characters and I loved their story!
I’m such a sucker for a sweet, swoony romance with ALLLLLL the sexy times and ALL the feels, and that’s exactly what THE ROYAL ROGUE is! It’s fun, it’s dreamy, its romantic, and it’s a little angsty! Princess Stella and Prince Orlando are two of my fav characters and I loved their story!
April 3, 2020
I guess this book does not really hit with me. I think its because of Orlando and the ending of the story. I usually like Miss Halle's books. Her writing is romantic. Swoony romantic. In The Royal Rogue the hero Orlando is confusing. When he was introduced on the first chapters, he is confident, man whore, alpha male character. Them he becomes weak, confuse, feel sorry for himself, hesitate toward the end.
I think because the Miss Halle has running out of plot to make this story interesting. And there goes my interest too. I have not read Miss Halle's book for a while now and I have to say I am disappointed with The Royal Rouge.
Overall I do not enjoy this book. I really want to give it 3 stars, but.. I decide to give it 2 stars.
2 stars
I think because the Miss Halle has running out of plot to make this story interesting. And there goes my interest too. I have not read Miss Halle's book for a while now and I have to say I am disappointed with The Royal Rouge.
Overall I do not enjoy this book. I really want to give it 3 stars, but.. I decide to give it 2 stars.
2 stars
March 28, 2020
The story has great potential but the love story is lacking.
1) The first time Stella the Princess of Denmark and Orlando the Prince of Monaco meet they have sex for those few days he stays in Denmark.
They got at it within few hours. He sees a woman that needs to get laid and he was so altruistic to oblige her.
Then he shows up with Zoya, his supposed girlfriend, and Stella is very angry with him and doesn't want anything more to do with this liar and cheat.
But weren't they having sex just because they wanted to without ulterior motives or excuses?
Stella asked him about Zoya and he said he had no commitment with her, but then Zoya appears hanging from his arm. I know you can get mad because you were lied to, but Stella here makes a scene like he cheated on her and committed a heinous crime against their great love story in the making.
Get things straight, Princess.
2) The second time they meet, after a couple of weeks, she calls and asks him to come to Greece to inform him of the pregnancy personally.
They spent a week together here.
3) The third time they meet again two months later and spent a month together.
You could finally hope to see them getting to know each other for real but, sorry to crush your hopes, you don't get to read about this because it's just told us they were together.
By now Stella knows that Zoya and Orlando are staying together in a fake relationship to give Zoya a facade to hide her affair with a woman. The fact Zoya is Russian plays a huge role because in that country the homosexuality is a crime. So she is in real danger should her bisexuality be exposed.
Stella accepts that Orlando is with Zoya. She'd want things differently but t is what it is.
The main characters develop deeper feelings during this month supposedly, because after that Orlando decides to end things with the fake girlfriend Zoya (nice character by the way) when he goes back to Monaco... but he doesn't. Zoya is desperate to keep up with the deceit and convinces Orly (worst nickname ever) to renounce to this insane idea of getting with Stella and his child because sooner than later his role as a prince will put him face to face with hard decisions, and choosing her/Zoya over his egoistical needs is as a good moment as another.
So Zoya it is over Stella and his unborn baby.
Of course Stella breaks up with Orlando because he can't break up with the fake girlfriend.
Other 2 months of no contact but few texts here and there to check on how things are progressing with the baby.
They spent more time apart than together.
4) Then Stella is bleeding and is hospitalized, can lose the child, her brother contacts Orlando and we have the fourth meeting, roughly 20 pages before the ending, when he shows up at the hospital to assist Stella.
She didn't want him so it's thanks to. Aksel if you have meeting number 4.
They make up pronto, he leaves Zoya and you get a HEA and me, a dissatisfied reader.
He doesn't grovel, Stella doesn't make him grovel... and I'm very pissed off.
The Zoya twist could have been interesting but when Orlando breaks up with her after the 4th meeting with Stella, all the reasons he finds to leave this fake girlfriend now are the ones he could have already adduced to to leave her then.
So there was no motive to choose Zoya over Stella and the child since the beginning.
Drama for the sake of groundless drama.
Then about his stepmother...it's said she has affairs but she herself tells Orlando she loves his father. I'm curious to know if those supposed affairs are true or false rumors circulating around the persona she has created for herself.
After she confessed the reason why she always wears black in public, to honor Orlando's dead mum, it seems she is more than meets the eye.
It's not that I haven't liked the story because it was ebtertaining for the time being.
It flows but keeps staying on a superficial level.
I don't get the deeper connection or the falling in love.
1) The first time Stella the Princess of Denmark and Orlando the Prince of Monaco meet they have sex for those few days he stays in Denmark.
They got at it within few hours. He sees a woman that needs to get laid and he was so altruistic to oblige her.
Then he shows up with Zoya, his supposed girlfriend, and Stella is very angry with him and doesn't want anything more to do with this liar and cheat.
But weren't they having sex just because they wanted to without ulterior motives or excuses?
Stella asked him about Zoya and he said he had no commitment with her, but then Zoya appears hanging from his arm. I know you can get mad because you were lied to, but Stella here makes a scene like he cheated on her and committed a heinous crime against their great love story in the making.
Get things straight, Princess.
2) The second time they meet, after a couple of weeks, she calls and asks him to come to Greece to inform him of the pregnancy personally.
They spent a week together here.
3) The third time they meet again two months later and spent a month together.
You could finally hope to see them getting to know each other for real but, sorry to crush your hopes, you don't get to read about this because it's just told us they were together.
By now Stella knows that Zoya and Orlando are staying together in a fake relationship to give Zoya a facade to hide her affair with a woman. The fact Zoya is Russian plays a huge role because in that country the homosexuality is a crime. So she is in real danger should her bisexuality be exposed.
Stella accepts that Orlando is with Zoya. She'd want things differently but t is what it is.
The main characters develop deeper feelings during this month supposedly, because after that Orlando decides to end things with the fake girlfriend Zoya (nice character by the way) when he goes back to Monaco... but he doesn't. Zoya is desperate to keep up with the deceit and convinces Orly (worst nickname ever) to renounce to this insane idea of getting with Stella and his child because sooner than later his role as a prince will put him face to face with hard decisions, and choosing her/Zoya over his egoistical needs is as a good moment as another.
So Zoya it is over Stella and his unborn baby.
Of course Stella breaks up with Orlando because he can't break up with the fake girlfriend.
Other 2 months of no contact but few texts here and there to check on how things are progressing with the baby.
They spent more time apart than together.
4) Then Stella is bleeding and is hospitalized, can lose the child, her brother contacts Orlando and we have the fourth meeting, roughly 20 pages before the ending, when he shows up at the hospital to assist Stella.
She didn't want him so it's thanks to. Aksel if you have meeting number 4.
They make up pronto, he leaves Zoya and you get a HEA and me, a dissatisfied reader.
He doesn't grovel, Stella doesn't make him grovel... and I'm very pissed off.
The Zoya twist could have been interesting but when Orlando breaks up with her after the 4th meeting with Stella, all the reasons he finds to leave this fake girlfriend now are the ones he could have already adduced to to leave her then.
So there was no motive to choose Zoya over Stella and the child since the beginning.
Drama for the sake of groundless drama.
Then about his stepmother...it's said she has affairs but she herself tells Orlando she loves his father. I'm curious to know if those supposed affairs are true or false rumors circulating around the persona she has created for herself.
After she confessed the reason why she always wears black in public, to honor Orlando's dead mum, it seems she is more than meets the eye.
It's not that I haven't liked the story because it was ebtertaining for the time being.
It flows but keeps staying on a superficial level.
I don't get the deeper connection or the falling in love.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 8, 2020
Pretty good but too short. Not what I expect from KH...
March 17, 2020
Karina Halle is one of my favorite authors and the single parent trope is my favorite as well. So I was really looking forward to The Royal Rogue. However, it did not completely meet my expectations. It was just too fast-paced in my opinion. Everything happened too fast, and I didn't have time to get to know the characters and fully connect to them. Also even though I love the hot sex scenes Karina writes, it just didn't really add a lot to the story. I wanted to skip them to get to the regular scenes. I didn't feel like Orlando and Stella spent enough time together to fall in love. What I mean is that I couldn't really feel the connection.
I loved the scenes between the adults and the kids, and I wanted more of it. I enjoy Karina Halle's writing style and I always get excited when she releases a new book. However, this book was just not my cup of tea and maybe I just wasn't completely in the mood for this type of read. Also, if I am completely honest, I am usually not a big fan of the Royal trope, but I have read all the previous books in this series, and enjoyed some more than the others. I loved the plot but I just wanted more development in the relationships. Everything was being done secretly and I just didn't like the atmosphere that much. Furthermore, some of Orlando's actions were a bit of a turn-off, and I disliked him a little after that. Thankfully, he was able to redeem himself and he should be happy of Stella's forgiving nature. Overall, this was an okay read for me and I definitely look forward to Karina's next story.
maybe-read-not-sure-yet
October 5, 2019maybe....maybe not!!!.....this Royal series hasn't really wowed me so far...probably just my personal taste.
March 10, 2020
4.5 'Tu me manques' Stars!
I am a fan of royal romances and I can definitely state that Karina Halle did a fantastic job with this series of standalones. I do believe, after that beautiful ending, that this is the conclusion and it was perfectly done. I adored Stella and Orlando, their burning chemistry, the feelings and how everything developed between them. I love me a dirty talking hero and, of course, Karina did not disappoint with Prince Orlando. He and Stella are amazing and together with the children they become so much more. It was simply wonderful to read this novel!
I loved this love story so much and I highly recommend reading The Royal Rogue and the whole Nordic Royals series if you are a fan of Karina's writing and if you enjoy royal romances. Trust me, you don't want to miss meeting these wonderful characters!
I am a fan of royal romances and I can definitely state that Karina Halle did a fantastic job with this series of standalones. I do believe, after that beautiful ending, that this is the conclusion and it was perfectly done. I adored Stella and Orlando, their burning chemistry, the feelings and how everything developed between them. I love me a dirty talking hero and, of course, Karina did not disappoint with Prince Orlando. He and Stella are amazing and together with the children they become so much more. It was simply wonderful to read this novel!
I loved this love story so much and I highly recommend reading The Royal Rogue and the whole Nordic Royals series if you are a fan of Karina's writing and if you enjoy royal romances. Trust me, you don't want to miss meeting these wonderful characters!
March 19, 2020
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Karina Halle torna con il quarto volume della serie "Nordic Royals" composto da libri autoconclusivi. La protagonista Stella è la principessa della Danimarca; single e divorziata vive nel sud dell’Inghilterra con la figlia Anya e ha trovato il suo equilibrio. Dall'altra parte abbiamo Orlando, il principe della famiglia reale di Monaco, soprannominato la canaglia reale e fidanzato con Zoya. Costretta a ricevere i reali di Monaco, noti per essere alquanto bizzarri, conoscerà il principe Orlando e tra i due si instaurerà un’attrazione alla quale nessuno dei due resisterà. Tuttavia le responsabilità per il proprio ruolo e gli scherzi del destino segneranno la loro storia. Lo stile di Karina Halle è sempre quello a cui siamo abituai: fluido, divertente e per nulla banale. Ho divorato questo libro in pochissimi giorni, tornando a riaprire il traduttore per i suoi riferimenti alla lingua dei protagonisti. La scena della prima cena tra le due famiglie reali è deliziosa, unita ai dialoghi alquanto reali tra Stella/Anya, con i loro spaccati di vita. I protagonisti sono definiti fin dalle prime pagine, riusciamo a capire la loro personalità, la loro vita e i loro pensieri, come anche ciò che li accomuna. Tuttavia i protagonisti pur crescendo insieme a causa degli eventi che li investono, quello che scopriamo di più è Orlando: le apparenze spesso ingannano. I personaggi minori anche in questa storia gravitano in maniera spassosa e definita. Sopra le righe è tutta la famiglia di Orlando: Penelope, la principessa consorte parecchio eccessiva, Pierre il principe, appassionato di caccia e i due gemelli Francis e Matilde ventenni. Dalla parte di Stella ci sono il fratello Aksel perfetto nel suo ruolo sia di re che di fratello, la moglie Aurora dal carattere umano, zia Maja più seria, e le tre bambine Clara, Freja e Anya. Una menzione particolare merita Snarf Snarf, il maialino reale. Ci sono riferimenti a Magnus, principe ereditario di Norvegia e al principe di Svezia, Viktor. Tra maiali, gatti e cavalli scopriremo che la vita di corte è spesso divertente. Ci sono diverse scene sensuali, per nulla volgari ma passionali. L’alchimia tra i protagonisti è innegabile. Questo è un libro incentrato sulle promesse da mantenere e sul rispetto per se stessi, ma soprattutto sulla cosa giusta da fare.
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Karina Halle torna con il quarto volume della serie "Nordic Royals" composto da libri autoconclusivi. La protagonista Stella è la principessa della Danimarca; single e divorziata vive nel sud dell’Inghilterra con la figlia Anya e ha trovato il suo equilibrio. Dall'altra parte abbiamo Orlando, il principe della famiglia reale di Monaco, soprannominato la canaglia reale e fidanzato con Zoya. Costretta a ricevere i reali di Monaco, noti per essere alquanto bizzarri, conoscerà il principe Orlando e tra i due si instaurerà un’attrazione alla quale nessuno dei due resisterà. Tuttavia le responsabilità per il proprio ruolo e gli scherzi del destino segneranno la loro storia. Lo stile di Karina Halle è sempre quello a cui siamo abituai: fluido, divertente e per nulla banale. Ho divorato questo libro in pochissimi giorni, tornando a riaprire il traduttore per i suoi riferimenti alla lingua dei protagonisti. La scena della prima cena tra le due famiglie reali è deliziosa, unita ai dialoghi alquanto reali tra Stella/Anya, con i loro spaccati di vita. I protagonisti sono definiti fin dalle prime pagine, riusciamo a capire la loro personalità, la loro vita e i loro pensieri, come anche ciò che li accomuna. Tuttavia i protagonisti pur crescendo insieme a causa degli eventi che li investono, quello che scopriamo di più è Orlando: le apparenze spesso ingannano. I personaggi minori anche in questa storia gravitano in maniera spassosa e definita. Sopra le righe è tutta la famiglia di Orlando: Penelope, la principessa consorte parecchio eccessiva, Pierre il principe, appassionato di caccia e i due gemelli Francis e Matilde ventenni. Dalla parte di Stella ci sono il fratello Aksel perfetto nel suo ruolo sia di re che di fratello, la moglie Aurora dal carattere umano, zia Maja più seria, e le tre bambine Clara, Freja e Anya. Una menzione particolare merita Snarf Snarf, il maialino reale. Ci sono riferimenti a Magnus, principe ereditario di Norvegia e al principe di Svezia, Viktor. Tra maiali, gatti e cavalli scopriremo che la vita di corte è spesso divertente. Ci sono diverse scene sensuali, per nulla volgari ma passionali. L’alchimia tra i protagonisti è innegabile. Questo è un libro incentrato sulle promesse da mantenere e sul rispetto per se stessi, ma soprattutto sulla cosa giusta da fare.
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March 22, 2020
Davvero banale e molto scontato, si distingue solo per l’ambientazione reale e nulla più, tra l’altro continuo ancora a non trovare spiegazioni per la nascita di questo folle amore, ma la scrittura scorrevole lo rende comunque meritevole della sufficienza.
March 20, 2020
3.5... si legge ma è il meno carino della serie
March 8, 2020
You guys, Orlando and Stella are dynamic, addicting, swoon-worthy, and pretty perfect! When Karina announced this book I was all GRABBY HANDS! This one did not disappoint. With little glimpses of our favorite Nordic Royals from books past, The Royal Rogue was ACES!
April 15, 2024
Review to come!
May 5, 2021
It pains me since the other 3 books were pretty good, especially the first two, but I hated this one. The Hero has a girlfriend he’s bearding for and refuses to leave her not even when he’s in love with the heroine and the heroine is having his baby. He actually doesn’t even have the balls to breakup with his lesbian girlfriend (she’s Russian and famous and he made a promise to her that they would marry to keep up appearances), in the end she’s the one to “let him go” WTF and this happens at 93% btw!!! So ya know the fact that he’s supposedly in love with Stella and she’s having his baby is not enough for him to break up his fake relationship with his fake girlfriend because he made a promise to her first. You know what that’s called? Second choice/Second best. And there’s nothing I hate the most in a book that a hero that treats the heroine like second best. And this one has that feeling the entire time, he also doesn’t grovel for treating her like that. They also spend the majority of the book apart, as in geographically apart, so the "love" and relationship development is just not there sadly. I was just so annoyed the entire time and I hate feeling that way, especially when I really loved the other books in the series.
March 9, 2020
Just meh. There were things I liked, bits of angst that kept me turning the pages. But I wasn't wowed. I'm also kind of over the annoying plot device of having a beard relationship making the "in the dark" heroine insecure and jealous and running in the other direction. It's been done.
Was I glad I read it? Sure. I didn't consider putting it down. It was fast paced and entertaining. I just didn't come away feeling much about it either way. It was a good read, mindless and sexy, precisely what many romance readers look for when they pick up a book. Given that, I'm sure many will like it. Like I said, I just wasn't wowed.
Was I glad I read it? Sure. I didn't consider putting it down. It was fast paced and entertaining. I just didn't come away feeling much about it either way. It was a good read, mindless and sexy, precisely what many romance readers look for when they pick up a book. Given that, I'm sure many will like it. Like I said, I just wasn't wowed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2025
3.5⭑
This book was somewhat underwhelming compared to book 3. It was good enough but I was expecting more from it.
I liked both main characters but wish that Orlando had done more grovelling cos it felt like Stella forgave him straight away. Anyway it was enjoyable enough.
This book was somewhat underwhelming compared to book 3. It was good enough but I was expecting more from it.
I liked both main characters but wish that Orlando had done more grovelling cos it felt like Stella forgave him straight away. Anyway it was enjoyable enough.
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April 6, 2021DNF at 15% because I cannot do this s*** - unrated but at leaving it, it would be lowest possible rating.
I don't know how this book can be in the same series as the others that were light, good reads/listens. This was all wham, bam, thank you ma'am in the most unbelieable way at 10%. Awful characters, graphic quick sex in a unrealistic set up. I don't know where the story could go from here but I wasn't up to listening. Maybe audio made it worse.
Beyond not for me.
I don't know how this book can be in the same series as the others that were light, good reads/listens. This was all wham, bam, thank you ma'am in the most unbelieable way at 10%. Awful characters, graphic quick sex in a unrealistic set up. I don't know where the story could go from here but I wasn't up to listening. Maybe audio made it worse.
Beyond not for me.
April 2, 2020
3.5
Carino e scorrevole. Ma comunque ci sono troppi punti lasciati senza approfondimenti. Karina Halle ha realizzato una storia molto carina, ma per quanto mi riguarda molto prevedibile.
Carino e scorrevole. Ma comunque ci sono troppi punti lasciati senza approfondimenti. Karina Halle ha realizzato una storia molto carina, ma per quanto mi riguarda molto prevedibile.
February 8, 2022
A great book. I love all the books in this series. Although this wasn't my most fav out of the series. Book number three is my fav!!
A four stars!
A four stars!
March 8, 2020
I liked it. It was aborable, funny, sexy, royally.
It was a bit too short though. And too silly/ridiculous at times and too insta and too fast.
But I really liked it. It was a quick & cute Royal Baby Romance!
I would've also liked for Karina to have hired a non-drunk editor/proofreader. What was going on there?
The timelines don't make sense, the ages don't match the timeline. It's not a step-sibling if you have the same father. And so many typos - or rather a word too much here and not enough words for a sentence to make sense there.
December 2, 2019
Ugh, got all excited about the ow drama and delicious angst, but........no. They had all the emotional maturity of teenagers. I think it was the writing, evidently I'm not a fan. And then this was said by H "What I did… I’m ashamed I made the wrong choice there. I should have always chosen you and the baby. It’s just that I loved you so, I thought maybe I was being selfish by doing so. Choosing that love for myself.” Huh?!?! Did that in any way make sense to you?
April 21, 2020
Would love to know if this is a safe read
March 28, 2020
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In questo capitolo finale incontrerete due protagonisti molto diversi, ma somiglianti tra loro. Da una parte abbiamo la Principessa Stella appartenente alla famiglia di Danimarca che nonostante sia nata tra castelli e regine non ha mai sentito questo ruolo starle bene addosso. Stella è una donna che preferisce vivere la sua vita in una casa normale insieme alla sua bambina di pochi anni, avuta dal suo ex marito in età molto giovane.
Dopo essere stata tradita dall’uomo che credeva di amare, Stella ha come suo unico scopo nella vita il bene della sua bimba e quando si trova davanti al principe Orlando di Monaco, anche chiamato ‘canaglia reale’, non riesce a comprendere cosa ne sia stata della persona che credeva di essere.
Il loro incontro è particolare, i due si ritrovano nel castello di Danimarca e qui ne vedrete davvero delle belle perché la famiglia di Orlando vi stupirà più di una volta. Invadenti, espansivi e amanti dell’alcol vi faranno ridere per la loro assurdità. Sin da subito si percepirà una forte attrazione che li porterà ad avvicinarli in molti, anzi moltissimi momenti nascosti. Stella e Orlando sono due persone che sono entrambe nate in un ambiente diverso dalla normalità e per quanto a stella sembrerà strano che solo lui riesce a comprenderla ed entrarle dentro come nessun uomo aveva mai fatto prima.
In tutto questo vi saranno molti ostacoli, e soprattutto ciò che più mi ha colpito è l’importanza e la volontà di Orlando nel perseguire le promesse. Per molti le promesse possono essere solo parole tirate al vento, ma per lui sono doveri da compiere. Non voglio rivelarvi più di quanto necessario e spero che questo basti a incuriosirvi.
Leggere entrambe le prospettive dei due protagonisti credo sia stato fondamentale perché si comprende quanto un semplice incontro abbia cambiato e rivolto la vita a due persone che si erano arrese. Orlando sembrerà per molto poco il classico don Giovanni perché in lui c’è molto altro: un uomo che segue i suoi valori, un fratello fedele e un figlio che vuole rendere fiera la propria famiglia.
Quello che secondo il mio gusto personale vorrei criticare è la lunghezza del libro, per quanto non sia breve come lettura, ho pensato più volte che tutto forse succede troppo velocemente e ho desiderato tempi più lunghi e approfondimenti maggiori. Avrei voluto che il rapporto tra Orlando e la figlia di Stella fosse descritto di più e soprattutto esaltato, perché penso sia importante per il romanzo. Ditemi cosa ne pensate a riguardo.
Ad ogni modo ho trovato questo libro molto bello, ha la giusta sensualità e la giusta dose di romanticismo per catturare l’attenzione e leggerlo tutto d’un fiato.
Spero che vi piaccia. Buona lettura Impertinenti!
ps: dopo questo romanzo non guarderò più i maiali come una volta, passo e chiudo.
Giuls
In questo capitolo finale incontrerete due protagonisti molto diversi, ma somiglianti tra loro. Da una parte abbiamo la Principessa Stella appartenente alla famiglia di Danimarca che nonostante sia nata tra castelli e regine non ha mai sentito questo ruolo starle bene addosso. Stella è una donna che preferisce vivere la sua vita in una casa normale insieme alla sua bambina di pochi anni, avuta dal suo ex marito in età molto giovane.
Dopo essere stata tradita dall’uomo che credeva di amare, Stella ha come suo unico scopo nella vita il bene della sua bimba e quando si trova davanti al principe Orlando di Monaco, anche chiamato ‘canaglia reale’, non riesce a comprendere cosa ne sia stata della persona che credeva di essere.
Il loro incontro è particolare, i due si ritrovano nel castello di Danimarca e qui ne vedrete davvero delle belle perché la famiglia di Orlando vi stupirà più di una volta. Invadenti, espansivi e amanti dell’alcol vi faranno ridere per la loro assurdità. Sin da subito si percepirà una forte attrazione che li porterà ad avvicinarli in molti, anzi moltissimi momenti nascosti. Stella e Orlando sono due persone che sono entrambe nate in un ambiente diverso dalla normalità e per quanto a stella sembrerà strano che solo lui riesce a comprenderla ed entrarle dentro come nessun uomo aveva mai fatto prima.
In tutto questo vi saranno molti ostacoli, e soprattutto ciò che più mi ha colpito è l’importanza e la volontà di Orlando nel perseguire le promesse. Per molti le promesse possono essere solo parole tirate al vento, ma per lui sono doveri da compiere. Non voglio rivelarvi più di quanto necessario e spero che questo basti a incuriosirvi.
Leggere entrambe le prospettive dei due protagonisti credo sia stato fondamentale perché si comprende quanto un semplice incontro abbia cambiato e rivolto la vita a due persone che si erano arrese. Orlando sembrerà per molto poco il classico don Giovanni perché in lui c’è molto altro: un uomo che segue i suoi valori, un fratello fedele e un figlio che vuole rendere fiera la propria famiglia.
Quello che secondo il mio gusto personale vorrei criticare è la lunghezza del libro, per quanto non sia breve come lettura, ho pensato più volte che tutto forse succede troppo velocemente e ho desiderato tempi più lunghi e approfondimenti maggiori. Avrei voluto che il rapporto tra Orlando e la figlia di Stella fosse descritto di più e soprattutto esaltato, perché penso sia importante per il romanzo. Ditemi cosa ne pensate a riguardo.
Ad ogni modo ho trovato questo libro molto bello, ha la giusta sensualità e la giusta dose di romanticismo per catturare l’attenzione e leggerlo tutto d’un fiato.
Spero che vi piaccia. Buona lettura Impertinenti!
ps: dopo questo romanzo non guarderò più i maiali come una volta, passo e chiudo.
Giuls
October 24, 2019
“There’s something deep inside me that sees something deep inside you. It sees we are the same.”
I want Prince Orlando to be my baby daddy. For real. The Royal Rogue sucked me in from the very first page and I wasn't able to put it down! This super steamy royal romance is filled with heat to the brim and I needed to constantly fan myself. Prince Orlando and Princess Stella had stolen my heart from their first encounter and I was experiencing every twist and turn in their relantionship with bated breath. This book spoils the reader royally!
You will fall in love with Orlando. This cocky prince is confident, bold and cheeky, without being a total jackass. But he's also caring and loving and in those moments I fell for him so deeply. Well, the fact that he's sexy as sin and knows how to handle a woman definitely helped! He was exactly the right man for Stella. As a single mother and the sister of the King, she didn't have many moments when she could let go. And here enters the infamous prince with his swagger, filthy mouth and intention to blow Stella's mind. And booooy, he delivered! But this book is not only about letting loose. It's also about loyalty, prorities and how keeping appearances can impact our lives. Yes, Stella and Orlando have chemistry in spades, they also have a rare connection in this royal world, but can it be enough?
I loved this fast-paced steamy and heartwarming read so much! Karina Halle never disappoints me with her stories and this series is one of my favorites. The Royal Rogue is a great addition to her royal world!
I want Prince Orlando to be my baby daddy. For real. The Royal Rogue sucked me in from the very first page and I wasn't able to put it down! This super steamy royal romance is filled with heat to the brim and I needed to constantly fan myself. Prince Orlando and Princess Stella had stolen my heart from their first encounter and I was experiencing every twist and turn in their relantionship with bated breath. This book spoils the reader royally!
You will fall in love with Orlando. This cocky prince is confident, bold and cheeky, without being a total jackass. But he's also caring and loving and in those moments I fell for him so deeply. Well, the fact that he's sexy as sin and knows how to handle a woman definitely helped! He was exactly the right man for Stella. As a single mother and the sister of the King, she didn't have many moments when she could let go. And here enters the infamous prince with his swagger, filthy mouth and intention to blow Stella's mind. And booooy, he delivered! But this book is not only about letting loose. It's also about loyalty, prorities and how keeping appearances can impact our lives. Yes, Stella and Orlando have chemistry in spades, they also have a rare connection in this royal world, but can it be enough?
I loved this fast-paced steamy and heartwarming read so much! Karina Halle never disappoints me with her stories and this series is one of my favorites. The Royal Rogue is a great addition to her royal world!
March 23, 2020
This. Book.
I always go into a royals book hesitant and thinking I’m going to feel every type of way other than in love with it by the time I finish it. UNLESS it’s Karina Halle writing said book. The Royal Rogue was AHHMAZING.
Prince Orlando and Princess Stella were the bees knees! This book just had so many things happen at a pace I appreciate! It’s not insta love but when the characters had that INSTANT chemistry, you couldn’t help but fly through the pages! I love that there were so many tropes represented in this book for it being a royals book! We got single parent, accidental pregnancy, AND second Chance at love! Such a beautiful thing when it came to those three tropes combined!
The feels were ever present as per usual! And we all know Karina can write her ass off! Get ready to swoon, fan yourself, and cry your heart out with this magnificent read!
I always go into a royals book hesitant and thinking I’m going to feel every type of way other than in love with it by the time I finish it. UNLESS it’s Karina Halle writing said book. The Royal Rogue was AHHMAZING.
Prince Orlando and Princess Stella were the bees knees! This book just had so many things happen at a pace I appreciate! It’s not insta love but when the characters had that INSTANT chemistry, you couldn’t help but fly through the pages! I love that there were so many tropes represented in this book for it being a royals book! We got single parent, accidental pregnancy, AND second Chance at love! Such a beautiful thing when it came to those three tropes combined!
The feels were ever present as per usual! And we all know Karina can write her ass off! Get ready to swoon, fan yourself, and cry your heart out with this magnificent read!
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