I called him Ledonia’s most eligible man-child in a headline. Now I'm living at his palace.
After my no-holds-barred exposé on Prince Maximilien goes viral, the royal family doesn’t banish me—they hire me. Apparently, the King and Queen think damage control looks like me filming an exclusive behind-the-scenes series on their charming, cocky, scandal-prone son.
Prince Max isn’t thrilled. In fact, he downright despises me. Which is fine. Because the feeling? Entirely mutual.
But the thing is, I didn’t expect him to be smarter, deeper, and somehow even hotter in royal pajamas. And I definitely didn’t expect to start falling for a man I’ve built a career out of publicly roasting.
There’s just one problem: He has no idea who I really am. (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
In all of the Royally Kissed books within this series, Fabiana Fontaine is the end all be all voice on all matters that involve the royal family. In fact, the majority of the chapters begin with quick snippets of her skilled insight, with no one knowing how she has figured out the ins and outs, and what goes on behind the scenes. She’s the most unlikely character to highlight on, particularly because she’s mostly been seen as a background personality, but bringing her more into focus and getting to know more about her and why she’s so vocal about the royal family really worked well!
We learn that there is so much more behind Fabiana’s reasons for becoming a royal correspondent. When she’s tasked with working with Max, the royal’s youngest son, she figures it will be easy to keep her deepest secrets to herself in the process. She’ll go in, do the documentary, then leave. No harm done. But she discovers that there is also more to Max than she’d ever imagined, and maybe he’s not as much of a man-child as she once perceived him to be. The more he gives her a different side to him, the more she fears losing control of the carefully constructed persona she’s made for herself. One wrong move could mean the end of her career–or worse.
Reading about Fabiana really gave me a different perspective of her. Sometimes while reading this series, I’d wonder who she was and would at times think, “Who does she think she is?” I could understand the tension and annoyance that the royal family would feel towards Fabiana, feeling as though she’d often highlight the negative aspects, or as Fabiana calls it, “warts and all.” Yet, knowing her background, it makes perfect sense, not to mention how dedicated she is to her work. She doesn’t sugarcoat anything, preferring to give the truth, no matter how it looks.
Max appreciates Fabiana, but will he appreciate who she is once he learns who she really is? It gives Fabiana the chance to finally be who she is, warts and all, at risk of allowing someone to love her without the secrets. Royally Off-Limits is really the best addition to the series, an opposites-attract redemption experience–a definite five-star read!
Thanks to Kate O'Keeffe for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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