A Princess in Waiting (Silhouette Romance, No. 1588)

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Summary: A very relaxing and enjoyable read
Review: Princess Lise de Bergeron has been divorced and disinherited. Not only that but she is pregnant as well. However this bright determinded Princess vows she is going to make it on her own - she has everything she needs. A place to live(the gardener's cottage on the family estate)her work as an art restorer and her beloved nanny as a companion. She is relieved and happy to be at home in St. Michel again and wants nothing more then to forget the past months as a married woman. She is able to do this until the day that her ex-husband's twin brother walks into her life.

Charles Rodin is not only enchanted by his brother's ex-wife but he's ashamed of the way she has been treated by his brother and his parents. To make amends he has traveled to the small country of St. Michel to offer the security and protection of marriage to Princess Lise.
At first Lise is determinded to refuse him but when her not so nice stepmother(the Queen) kicks her out of the gardener's cottage Lise feels has no choice but to accept Charles's proposal.

Once married Charles and Lise realize almost immediately how attracted they are to each other but each refuses to admit to themselves or to each other how they feel. Slowly their feelings are revealed as they experience together Lise's pregnancy, political tensions in St. Michel, and the unraveling of a historical puzzle concerning their ancestors - one his, one hers.

This book was great fun to read and I read it in two days. Charles and Lise were so wonderfully full of life, so real that they practically jumped off the page for me and kept me reading - I really wanted to know what would happen to them. And to the rest of the de Bergeron Family. Though I was slightly disturbed that a lot of the details regarding both the political and emotional issues in the book were gleaned from random, overheard conversations rather than in a direct active way by the main characters themselves. I found it a little hard to believe that two such intelligent people who claimed to be not only friends but best friends would have trouble confinding in each other over gossip or would in anyway make decisions about themselves or each other based on such dubious information.

Despite this though I really enjoyed this book and those random evesdropping incidents in no way detracted from Charles and Lise as likeable characters. I can't wait to read the next book in the "Royally Wed" series as all in all the de Bergeron family from St.Michel is intriguing.