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Summary: Ms.Foley does it again!!
Review: This book is even better than Pirate Prince(if thats possible).Darius the hero was so tortured thinking that he wasnt good enough for Serafina even though she loved him since she was a child.Their romance was tender and quite touching.It was nice to see what became of Lazar and Allegra. I assure you if you liked Pirate Prince you will love Princess.I did.
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Summary: This book is a "Keeper" with plenty of passion and adventure
Review: Set in the island kingdom of Ascencion, this book has in-depth characterizations, intrigue, and action enough to satisfy anyone. It's one of those "All-nighters". I couldn't put it down -- passion and action abound in this 2nd book of a trilogy. Can't wait for the 3rd installment! Gaelen Foley is a master of plot and characters, you feel you know these people and can't wait to find out what happens to them. It helps to read "The Pirate Prince" first, but isn't really necessary to understand "Princess". Her decriptions of people and places bring vivid pictures to mind. I read about 20 books a month, and this is one of my top favorites. I know I'll read this one again and again!
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Summary: Don't miss this book!
Review: I loved this book! After reading Gaelen Foley's terrific first book, THE PIRATE PRINCE, I thought there wasn't any way for this author to outdo herself. I was wrong. PRINCESS is a lush, intriguing, sweeping romance with just the right balance of plot, character and narrative. Ms. Foley is quickly becoming one of my favorite historical romance authors. In fact, I think she's better than many of the old favorites who just keep writing the same story over and over, or whose style is synonymous with tired writing. I wish MORE publishers would publish new authors with fresh, exciting, rich voices such as Ms. Foley's.
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Summary: Princess is a priceless romance!
Review: A historical, set on an island country during Napolean's era, the story centers around Princess Serafina. Her upcoming marriage to a brutuish Russian will secure her small country from Napolean's forces . Her sense of loyalty wars with her heart . . . a heart that has belonged to Darius Santiago, the king's man. Intrigue and politics are the backdrop for Darius and Serafina's love story. Gaelen Foley's second book was a fast-paced, wonderful story destined for my keeper's shelf. Now, I just have to hunt down her first book, the Pirate (Serafina's father's story) and wait for the third book in this series (Serafina's brother's story, Prince Charming, due out Spring of 2000).
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Summary: WOW! The BEST romance I've ever read!!
Review: I've read lots and lots of romance novels but this was by far the winner! What passion - what love - what a great story!
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Summary: You must read this book....
Review: As a romance reader and editor, I've read a lot of books, but it's not very often that I find an author that is as unique and compulsively readable as Gaelen. Many of my friends have discovered the perks of having a friend who works in publishing--free books! But Gaelen is the only author I've ever worked with where my friends are demanding that I pass along the manuscript the second I get it because they can't stand to wait for the book to come out. PRINCESS is just as amazing as THE PIRATE PRINCE, and just wait, dear reader, for PRINCE CHARMING, coming next year. It's perhaps her best yet, and I know because I've got the manuscript on my desk as I type this....
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Summary: Best Book Ever!!!
Review: Gaelen Foley did it again. After reading THE PIRATE PRINCe I thought I had read the beat book of all time but Gaelen managed to top it with her new book PRINCESS. The characters are madly in love and you can't help but fall in love with them. I would recommend this book to any one who loves a good romance.
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Summary: A Must Have!
Review: Gaelen Foley has written a lush and mesmerizing story in PRINCESS. Darius is a wonderfully dark, tortured hero and Serafina is strong and wonderfully loving. PRINCESS is filled with intrigue, sensuality and passion. If you are looking for a hot summer read, I highly recommend PRINCESS. I will definitely be looking forward to the sequel PRINCE CHARMING available sometime next year, which is not soon enough if you ask me! --Lisa Hamilton, The BookNook & CompuServe Romance Reviews
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Summary: I loved this book!!!!!!!
Review: This book was really good, the characters in this book were excellent.The passion is woo hoo..I can't wait for the second book which is called "Princess" to come out,I have already reserved my copy...
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Summary: Another Gorgeous, *Tortured* Man in Need of Redemption
Review: Darius Santiago was definitely the outstanding secondary character in Gaelen Foley's "The Pirate Prince" (Book 1 in the Ascencion Trilogy), and "Princess" (Book 2 in the Trilogy) is essentially his story. In the first book, Darius is introduced as a beautiful but damaged child of 14 years old, resourceful beyond his years and unable to trust anyone but Prince Lazar and Allegra, whose lives he saves by aiding an escape from a sadistic Barbary slave-owner. (Interestingly, this episode is never mentioned directly in the second story.) "Princess" is set 20 years after the first book and Darius, raised as a ward of Prince Lazar, is now the chief spy and assassin of Ascencion (the fictional island off the coast of Italy where the stories are set.)
The princess of the title is Lazar and Allegra's first born daughter, the stunningly beautiful Princess Serafina, who has been nursing a crush on Darius, her former bodyguard, since she was 4 years old. Secretly madly in love with her too, Darius holds himself aloof as he realizes that a marriage between a princess and a illegitimate, half-Gypsy gutter-rat is an impossibility, particularly when Napoleon is eyeing the island's navy and Serafina's marriage could have major political consequences.
Darius is a wonderful, dark, *dark* hero--gorgeous, loyal to Lazar, ruthless with his enemies and wonderfully gentle with Serafina. Ashamed of his past, he feels unworthy of the lovely, pure princess. He has a heck of a reputation with the ladies of Ascencion, but never has felt truly accepted by anyone except Serafina. Serafina herself is a bit of a disappointment as a heroine. She is a typical high maintenance, tantrum-throwing beauty--all tossing inky curls, pouting cherry lips and stamping little feet. Her moods are wildly labile and she can be a manipulative little so-and-so. Kidnappers and killers are lurking, the kingdom is in dire peril, and she wants Darius (the king's right-hand man) to loosen up, take a vacation and fly some kites. In a word, she is *childish* (this is Allegra and Lazar's daughter?????) But she is not without redeeming qualities--I did like her spunk, bravery and unwavering loyalty to Darius.
The plot starts out with a bang--a foiled kidnapping attempt on Serafina--and moves along pretty well. Things heat up when Serafina and Darius move to a safe house for her protection and are left to their own devices (kite-flying and much, MUCH more!)
As usual for Gaelen Foley, the writing is good, the dialogue is littered with distracting modern phrases and idioms and the sex scenes are smokin' hot. Surprisingly, Lazar and Allegra turn out to be losers as parents, although they are still mad for each other.
In summary, this is an very entertaining story of forbidden love with a wonderful *damaged* hero.
Highly recommended!
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