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The Prince's Scandalous Wedding Vow by Jane Porter
4.0
Prince Alexander Julius Alberici of Aargau is about to marry Princess Danielle Roulet. His father, the King, has mere months to live as he's suffering from lung cancer. But, everything is going on normally so as not to alarm the people. Alexander's on his last journey of freedom with his friends and cousins on his yacht, partying away his bachelorhood days.
Josephine Robb, who is staying in her tiny island of Khronos, has had enough of the partying yacht. She assists her father in his work, who is a volcanologist. She's alone at present, a scientist and an artist, and waiting for her father to get back with her art supplies; from his teaching job. Intrigued by the brooding hero, she starts frequently observing and sketching him. The night the yacht is about to leave, she notices a man going overboard and is barely able to save his life, the same man whom she used to observe. It seems he was deliberately pushed overboard. Moreover, he has lost all his memories.
This is the second M&B in a row where I am reading about highly qualified women and it has been such a great experience. No doormats! It was amusing to see the hero bossing over our heroine, or at least trying to, no doubt an inherent nature of his! And it was also great reading about a new profession, volcanology.
Josephine, who has mostly lived an isolated life, is so riveted by this stranger that within a few days of living together, they are drawn to each other, he because of her passion in her work and her natural beauty. But, he's also frustrated with his memory not returning. He has snippets, remembering this or that, but nowhere near what could be called a full recovery.
During their lovemaking, a few days into it, she confesses her love for him. He doesn't reciprocate, not knowing who he is. And then, later that night, everything comes back to him. His memory and his betrothal clashed with his present.
He is thirty-four to her twenty-four. She comes to know all about him when her father unexpectedly arrives two days before he was scheduled to and brings with him newspapers revealing his identity, while Alexander still hasn't told her who he actually is. Fearing goodbyes, she doesn't even stay on the island to bid him one when her father calls for help for him with the new radio he brought. Though his memory of the accident is still elusive.
The story has been likened to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. I loved Queen Serena, she has quite the sense of humour, that too in a short role. She reaches out to him when she comes to know she's pregnant, and thankfully there is not much drama there! I liked this book, but couldn't love it.
The last chapter is the saving grace, otherwise, towards the end, this book gets too gloomy, especially for an M&B.
Out of the six books that I have read of [a:Jane Porter|12693|Jane Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1227482681p2/12693.jpg], [b:Kidnapped for His Royal Duty|36634710|Kidnapped for His Royal Duty|Jane Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525243089s/36634710.jpg|58400507] is my favourite.
Josephine Robb, who is staying in her tiny island of Khronos, has had enough of the partying yacht. She assists her father in his work, who is a volcanologist. She's alone at present, a scientist and an artist, and waiting for her father to get back with her art supplies; from his teaching job. Intrigued by the brooding hero, she starts frequently observing and sketching him. The night the yacht is about to leave, she notices a man going overboard and is barely able to save his life, the same man whom she used to observe. It seems he was deliberately pushed overboard. Moreover, he has lost all his memories.
This is the second M&B in a row where I am reading about highly qualified women and it has been such a great experience. No doormats! It was amusing to see the hero bossing over our heroine, or at least trying to, no doubt an inherent nature of his! And it was also great reading about a new profession, volcanology.
Josephine, who has mostly lived an isolated life, is so riveted by this stranger that within a few days of living together, they are drawn to each other, he because of her passion in her work and her natural beauty. But, he's also frustrated with his memory not returning. He has snippets, remembering this or that, but nowhere near what could be called a full recovery.
During their lovemaking, a few days into it, she confesses her love for him. He doesn't reciprocate, not knowing who he is. And then, later that night, everything comes back to him. His memory and his betrothal clashed with his present.
He is thirty-four to her twenty-four. She comes to know all about him when her father unexpectedly arrives two days before he was scheduled to and brings with him newspapers revealing his identity, while Alexander still hasn't told her who he actually is. Fearing goodbyes, she doesn't even stay on the island to bid him one when her father calls for help for him with the new radio he brought. Though his memory of the accident is still elusive.
The story has been likened to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. I loved Queen Serena, she has quite the sense of humour, that too in a short role. She reaches out to him when she comes to know she's pregnant, and thankfully there is not much drama there! I liked this book, but couldn't love it.
The last chapter is the saving grace, otherwise, towards the end, this book gets too gloomy, especially for an M&B.
Out of the six books that I have read of [a:Jane Porter|12693|Jane Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1227482681p2/12693.jpg], [b:Kidnapped for His Royal Duty|36634710|Kidnapped for His Royal Duty|Jane Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525243089s/36634710.jpg|58400507] is my favourite.