Red-Hot and Royal

RED-HOT AND ROYAL SUSANNA CARR Contemporary Romance Signet Eclipse Sensuality rating: Sweet Rating: 4 Enchantments Three princes, Prince Zain, Prince Rafael and Prince Santos are all attending the arranged wedding of their friend Prince Hugo. They all three agree that it would be horrible to be married off like that and they are all worried that they will be in the same situation. It has been foretold that Prince Zain will marry the woman he kisses at Midnight the night of his 30th birthday. Not being a man interested in marriage he flees to the United States where no woman knows of this prophecy and cannot try to kiss him. In honor of her late friend Lauren and her friends decide to fill out her wishes. The one that Lauren draws is to kiss a prince. Well that is easier said than done. When she actually finds and kisses a prince she has no idea that she is now destined to be his wife. Prince Rafael is visiting his brother Luca in the hopes of convincing him to dump his girlfriend and come back with him. Being royal means you must uphold a set of standards as to who you see and his brother is not following that very well. He is seeing this obnoxious, greedy woman named Shayla who Rafael cannot stop thinking about. However it is not because he hates her, it's because he wants her more than anything. Shayla is doing a favor for her friend Luca. Luca is dating Cathy the girl he truly loves but he knows that his family will not approve of her, so he asks Shayla to pretend to be his horrible girlfriend so when his family meets his true girlfriend they will love her in comparison to Shayla. Shayla agrees to help out a pal but ends up falling in love with his hunky older brother. Prince Santos loves the beach life. The beach life loves him but it does not love the image he must uphold. So he gets an image consultant to help him become a more proper prince before he has to attend any social functions. Kylee has never met a client she could not transform into the proper gentlemen. But she has never had a client like Prince Santos either. He is exactly the kind of person she used to be. Can she change him or will he change her? RED-HOT AND ROYAL was a very fast, funny enjoyable read. I think that Prince Zain's story was my favorite but I was confused as to how he was going to be able to take the throne if he did not marry Lauren. He offered to move her there to live with him but early on in the story he stated he will lose his princehood if he did not marry her. I also wonder what happened with her friends other goals, such as winning a million dollars. Did anyone complete the other tasks? I just think that there were a few pieces of the story that were not finished. Prince Rafael was by far my favorite prince out of the three. He was so attracted to his brother's girlfriend and tried hard to ignore that attraction no matter how she tempted him. And boy did she tempt him. Prince Santos was too arrogant for my tastes and Kylee seemed to change too mu

I really did like the storylines, just not exactly as the were written. The jumping around got to me, so I read each story through on its own. All three stories were great, I epecially liked Rafes story. I would buy it again.

Zain, Prince of Mataar, Crown Prince Rafael of Tiazza, and Prince Santos do not want to get married and they plan to put it off as long as possible. There is a prophecy that states on Zain's thirtieth birthday, the woman who kisses him at midnight will become his bride. Zain thinks he's safe on his business trip to America's Heartland but when he sees Lauren Ballinger's seductive dance in a nightclub, he's a goner. Lauren was just trying to fulfill one of her friend's last wishes by kissing a prince, but what she gets may be the answer to her own dreams. Shayla Pendley was just helping her friend, Luca, when she meets the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, she was wearing Luca's shirt, and nothing else. Prince Rafael wants Shayla away from his brother. He wants her for himself. Shayla is trying to deceive Rafael but she's falling for him too. Kylee Dawes is an image consultant. Her latest project is to make Prince Santos a gentleman, but one look at surfer-boy Santo's handsome face and she's having trouble keeping her thoughts proper. Santos thinks there is a lot more to Kylee than business suits. He plans on stripping her of her stuffy clothes and getting to the real woman underneath. In Red Hot and Royal, Zain and Lauren try to fight destiny to no avail, Shayla and Rafael fight an intense attraction with no success, and Kylee and Santos try to fight who they are, but they happily fail. Three seemingly ordinary women meet three sinfully sexy Princes and rock their world in Red Hot and Royal. The sex is very hot. It taps into secret fantasies bringing them to life with a good dose of humor and tender romance. When these three princes fall, it's hard and it's fast. Just the way I like it! Zain is a little reserved, Rafael is responsible, and Santos is all about having a good time. They are paired with their perfect match. The sparks fly right off the bat and the chemistry between each couple is strong. Red Hot and Royal is sexy, fun, and very romantic! Nannette reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Red-Hot and Royal by Susanna Carr lives up to its title. Its fun and sexy, a great read. Three rich and single Princes each have their own thoughts on marriage after a peer is married in an arranged union. Prince Zain of Mataar flees to middle American to avoid the prophecy of who he kisses on his 30th birthday. This woman will be his bride. Imagine his shock when a bold and sexy Lauren Ballinger steals a kiss at midnight. Lauren kisses Zain on a dare but she isn't becoming anyone's bride no matter how sexy the groom is... Zain pulls out all his princely charms to get Lauren to change her mind. Shayla Pendley has been tutoring Prince Luca of Tiaza for months helping him to pull up his college grades. Luca now needs her help in keeping his older brother Rafael from finding out about his girlfriend, Cathy. Shayla agrees to appear to be in love with Luca to throw Rafael off the real girlfriend. Shayla is trying to be Luca's wild and inappropriate date so that when the real one is introduced Rafael will be relieved. But Shayla's reaction to Rafael is nothing short of explosive. Once Rafael learns the truth about Shayla her quiet calm world is turned upside down. Image Consultant Kayla Dawes has her work cut out for her with Prince Santos of Isla de La Perla. Santos is a beach loving no suit kind of Prince. Kayla has been hired to groom him to wine and dine heads of states. Kayla has finally reinvented herself and can not afford to go back to her beach bunny summer loving ways. But Prince Santos is all about changing this buy the book consultant. The deals these two make are funny and down right sexy. Red-Hot and Royal is a delight. Each Prince and his future bride are hot and sexy. Each story flows right into the next. You will find your self hoping to find your own Prince.

Following the forced wedding of compatriot Prince Hugo to Princess Agnes, three other princes, Zain of Mataar, Santos of Isla de la Perla, and Rafael of Tiazza heed the warning of watching their steps in public. The threesome agrees that even though Agnes meets the bridal princess job description perfectly, they do not want to follow Hugo into an arranged boring marriage. Zain is turning thirty shortly; his people believe deeply in the "Prince Curse" that the female who kisses him at midnight on his birthday is his bride; failure to comply means forfeiting his claim to the throne. To avoid ambitious females, Zain hides in an Illinois cornfield. Lauren is on a quest to achieve her life goals including kissing a prince; she does at the wrong time, but rejects Zain's offer of marriage though accepts his offer of bed time. Santos is exiled to a class in Los Angeles hosted by an image consultant so that he can perform some of the duchy's diplomatic functions. Kaylee sees her project as converting a surfer-boy into a royal adult; Santos sees the project as converting his instructor from a born again workaholic into a frolicking beach bunny. Rafael visits his brother Luca, who loves unacceptable Cathy the American commoner. He asks his friend Shayla to pretend to be a gold-digger chasing Luca so their family will accept Cathy as the lesser of two evils. However, Rafael turns jealous when Shayla performs in his mind too perfectly and Cathy dumps Rafael for concealing her from his family. These four contemporary romances are amusing chick lit tales as the European royals are Americanized. Susanna Carr juggles are ensemble cast with dexterity so that none are the same and all are full blooded; albeit the guys in blue and the gals in red. Although there are a couple of key moments that are brushed aside but seem too significant to ignore, sub-genre fans will appreciate these middle class women who fit the anti-princess job description and their royal hunks falling in taboo love. Harriet Klausner