Royal Weddings: An Original Anthology (eBook Original) [Kindle Edition]

Stephanie Laurens (Author), Gaelen Foley (Author), Loretta Chase (Author)

Book Description

You are cordially invited
To help celebrate the Royal Wedding of
Prince William to Catherine Middleton
As we present a 77 page original anthology
Written by three utterly wonderful authors!

Stephanie Laurens' The Wedding Planner: Lady Margaret is proud plan the ton's most important nuptuals—including that of a prince. But it's Lady Margaret who falls in love . . . with dashing Gaston Devilliers!

Gaelen Foley's Ever After: How scandalous! Eleanor Monford, Countess of Archer, is in love with her own husband. And as Princess Charlotte of England weds Prince Leopold, Eleanor's "secret" is about to come out.

Loretta Chase's The Jilting of Lord Rothwick: On the eve of Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert, the Marquess of Rothwick learns his fiancée, Barbara Findley, has broken their engagement! So he desperately rides out of London to seek her out . . . and to win her back.

Product Details

• File Size: 294 KB
• Print Length: 79 pages
• Publisher: Avon Impulse (April 5, 2011)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004MMEIOQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,384 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What if love finds you and never leaves? April 24, 2011

By Mary J. Gramlich VINE™ VOICE

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Not every book needs to be 300 pages to convene a love story as some love stories are so intense they can be told in a short format. This especially is true with the master of romance write about different stages of love.

Loretta Chase tells the tale of Lady Margaret Dawlish, wedding planner to royalty. She herself had love and lost him on the battlefield but another that did not perish desires her and Duc de Perigord, Gaston Devillriers has returned to her life and is haunting her dreams. As Meg organizes another's happy day Gaston takes steps to draw her into a life with him. He needs a wife, lover, helpmate and partner, which Meg can be to him as well as the woman he has dreamt of by his side. Their story is very tender and one that everyone will enjoy.

Galen Foley shows how difficult it is to keep love fresh and alive after you are married even after five years. Eleanor Montford is the perfect wife, mother and political ally for her husband Roland James Augustus Montford, Colonel Lord Archer. He wants to rise up the ranks in the political arena and Ellie is there to support him but is he there for her as the lover she so desires? They both think the other is the problem and when one night the words become kisses and the kisses become heated exchanges of passion they prove there is love in a married life.

Loretta Chase shows what happens when two different social classes collide. Hugh Fitzwalter, the third Marquess of Rothwick needs to marry to save his estate and you would think he holds all the relationship cards. However Miss Barbara Findley has the money he needs but does he have the emotions she so craves. After courting her and a decision was made to marry, but Barbara cries off and Hugh crawls back in to show her that love does top any other arrangement.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed bag but worth a look April 21, 2011

By E. A. Montgomery TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition

For the price, this is an attractive and very short sampling of three popular authors. For me, only one of the shorts really worked. While Stephanie Laurens has disappointed me with her last few full length works, her short is the most fully realized of the three tales. She works quite a bit of story into her wedding planner's tale. The most disappointing entry is from Gaelen Foley. Reading more like an erotic short, her estranged married couple ring true but fail to hold much interest. Firmly in the middle is the always interesting Loretta Chase. Her misguided lovers are engaging, interesting, and ultimately only disappointing for their brevity. Chase could easily work a full length book from these two people, making the reader leave the short wishing it were more. As a quick diversion, Royal Weddings is worth the time. Readers should be aware this is priced in line with full-length works, this is not a full size anthology priced down.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet April 5, 2011

By Sarah

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These three historical stories are only 77 pages combined, so it won't take you very long to read, but I enjoyed them all. Each peripherally involves a royal wedding, but a non-royal couple is the focus of the tale. The stories are all super-short, so don't expect any passionate love scenes or a ton of character development, but each story is sweet and romantic.

In Stephanie Laurens' "The Wedding Planner," a woman who lost her fiance to war meets up with a man from her past.

"Ever After" by Gaelen Foley is about a married woman afraid her husband is having an affair.

Loretta Chase's story, "The Jilting of Lord Rothwick," is about a wealthy young woman who breaks off her engagement to a poor but aristocratic peer.

A short but cute read, and pretty reasonable at $1.99.