The Prince's Texas Bride: A Royal Twist (Harlequin American Romance, No 959) [Mass Market Paperback]

Victoria Chancellor (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373169590
• ISBN-13: 978-0373169597
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,193,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Victoria Chancellor grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, but married a Texan and moved west in 1971. She now lives in a suburb of Dallas, Texas with her husband and a menagerie of animals, and spends weekends on Lake Holbrook in Mineola, Texas. While working as a financial analyst at EDS, she sold her first book, a historical romance, on proposal to Harper-Collins. She then sold a contemporary romance, quit her "day job," and began writing paranormal romances. As of 2011 she has 22 published romances. National awards include the HOLT Medallion and the Golden Quill for Best Paranormal Romance, and she is also a two-time Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Finalist. Her books have appeared on the Ingrams Top 50 list and the Waldenbooks bestseller list.

Her current "Brody's Crossing" series for Harlequin American Romance consists of six (as of 2011) contemporary romances set in a fictional west Texas town. Before the Brody's Crossing books, she wrote series romance set in the fictional Texas Hill Country town of Ranger Springs. Her native-Texan in-laws influenced her writing career by telling wonderful stories of their years in small towns. Victoria may be contacted via her website and an author page coming soon to Facebook, or @victoriachance on Twitter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Charming fairy tale, March 7, 2003

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This review is from: The Prince's Texas Bride: A Royal Twist (Harlequin American Romance, No 959) (Mass Market Paperback)

Prince Alexi of Belgovia (a mythical former Soviet republic) doesn't have much patience for boring makework. While touring Texas, he yields to impulse and joins a beautiful waitress on a trip across Texas leaving responsibility and his entourage behind (see THE PRINCE'S COWBOY DOUBLE for the story of what happened to his assistant).

Ex-waitress and accountant-to-be Kerry Lynn can't ignore the attraction she feels toward the handsome prince, nor can she deny feelings that grow beyond purely physical as she spends time with him and learns how caring he is. But she knows, and Alexi knows, that their romance is a temporary thing. Too soon, he will have to return to his responsibilities and marry an appropriate European of noble birth. Newly re-established kingdoms just can't bring in Texas brides.

When Alexi learns that Kerry became pregnant as a result of their brief romance, his world-view changes. He wants to marry Kerry, to bring their child into the world together. But can Kerry trust his change of heart? Or will he break her heart again, abandoning her for some new adventure, just as he abandoned his staff for an adventure with her?

Author Victoria Chancellor delivers a charming fairy tale. Everything has been easy for Alexi, and Kerry has learned to rely on herself, never depending on a man for anything. Only by learning to trust, and to stick with things when they get hard can the two create a life together. But can the two overcome their pasts?