Who does not like fairy tales! i love it! I'm a sucker for sweet, romantic novels. This last week of 2012, iam reading lot and lots of romantic stories.
So the first read was the Cordina Royal family series by Nora Roberts. The one thing about Nora Roberts novels are they are very easy to read, also she writes beautiful love stories.
So the first read was the Cordina Royal family series by Nora Roberts. The one thing about Nora Roberts novels are they are very easy to read, also she writes beautiful love stories.
Cordina Royal Family series includes the love stories of the heirs to the fictional European island kingdom of Cordina. The series has each book dealing with love life of Prince Armand's only daughter, Gabriella - the princess (Affaire Royale), sons, Alexander - heir to the Cordina kingdom (Command Performance) and Bennett - youngest, known as playboy prince (The Playboy Prince). The first three stories of heirs are connected, it is better to read it in order to get the whole picture. But, the fourth book you can read it independently. The fourth book in the series - Cordina's Crown Jewel is the one i loved best! It is the fun-filled, romantic story of Camilla (daughter of princess Gabriella) and Delaney, an archeologist. The idea, the setting and the love story was perfect.
Princess Camilla of Cordina is a tireless fundraiser and gracious representative of her country. Following a nasty run-in with the press after a charity function, however, Camilla realizes that her devoted life to official duties has left her drained and on the verge of nervous breakdown. She decides to get away for some time to live her own life before she falls over the edge, so she cuts her hair, borrows a friend’s rented car, and asks her assistant to give her a few hours’ head start before telling her parents she’s gone. Ten days into her impromptu road trip, and already feeling like a new woman, Camilla goes off the road in a storm when a deer jumps in front of her car. Fortunately, a few minutes later, a battered truck pulls up and the owner begrudgingly offers her a lift. She’s a bit miffed that he won’t help with her luggage, until she realizes that his arm is in a sling. Delaney Caine is an archaeologist, home recovering from injuries he sustained in a car accident. It’s a good opportunity to catch up on paperwork, but he’s frustrated by pain and incapacity, and hates being away from the site of his latest dig. Del takes Camilla to his cabin where they find that the storm has knocked out the power and the phone. He’d like to get rid of her, but there’s no way to do it until the weather improves. Camilla makes several really rude remarks about her rescuer’s housekeeping, but she redeems herself by rolling up her sleeves and getting to work. She can cook, too, and always makes herself useful. While they’re waiting for her car to be fixed, she also helps Del to organize and type his research notes. She finds herself fascinated by his work and oddly attracted to this obviously intelligent man. Del knows she’s hiding something, but one thing is perfectly clear, both are attracted to each other. But Del is sure that she is trouble and since she’s not exactly hiding her attraction to him, it’s up to him to make sure that nothing happens. But, as more and more Camilla and Del spent time together, they get close to each other. Eventually they fall in love but, before they can understand it themselves or confess it to each other, Del has to know Camilla's true identity.
The best thing i like about the book was its fun-filled conversations and easy flow. One thing about Nora Roberts books is that in her stories, the people fall in love not only with the external beauty but also with each other's intelligence/brain. Ms. Robert's characterizations of Camilla and Del were good, with Camilla being a sweet,classy dame who leaves her wealth and starts on a journey of soul-searching and when she finds real interest in archaeology, she tries to learn everything she could about it. Delaney is a boneheaded, always crabby guy who is an intelligent archaeologist, never realizes about love until he lose it. There were also some negative points in the story like lot of conflict conversations between Camilla and Del in the end where they meet in Cordina. But, overall i loved the book. It is a simply sweet, fun-filled book whenever you are free to have an entertainment read!
