Ruthless Reign

by Aleatha Romig

Overview

Gowns, castles, and crowns make for the perfect reflections. Yet life isn't always as it appears. Illusions can distort visions, shadows still lurk in the sunshine, and monsters tread behind smiles and chivalrous facades.

Fairy tale dreams can turn into nightmares.

The world seems upside down to Princess Lucille when the man she loathes, her husband, Prince Roman, changes before her eyes. No one else appears to notice the nuances of difference.

Has the prince transformed?

Were Lucille's pleas answered?

Or has life as a royal become too much, transporting Lucille through the looking glass...where life is only a reflection?

From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new contemporary romantic-suspense series, Royal Reflections, set in the world of the royal elite, where things are not as they appear.

Have you been Aleatha'd?

*RUTHLESS REIGN is book one of the Royal Reflections series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781956414523
Publisher:	Romig Works LLC
Publication date:	11/22/2022
Pages:	314
Sales rank:	523,708
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Aleatha Romig is a NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. In 2011 she hit the world by storm with her CONSEQUENCES series and continued with more bestselling series, INFIDELITY, WEB OF SIN and TANGLED WEB. Don't be afraid, she also writes rom coms, her LIGHTER ONES and thrillers, THE PRICE OF HONOR and LIGHT DUET. If you enjoy turning the heat up even more, check out her UN-novellas. She is represented by Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

Editorial Reviews

2022-12-06
An American woman becomes entangled in royal intrigue in Romig’s romantic thriller series starter.

This opening installment of the Royal Reflections series (which takes place after the 2022 prequel novella, Riled Reign) quickly introduces readers to the headstrong Lucille, the 33-year-old daughter of a member of the U.S. Congress and an heiress; she’s newly wed to Roman Godfrey, the crown prince of Molave, a fictional city-state off the Norwegian coast. Although Lucille’s and Godfrey’s fathers set up the match for political gain, she was swept away by Godfrey at first; now, five years after the wedding,Lucille is reluctantly settling into an unhappy marriage with her increasingly volatile husband. Oliver Honeswell, an American actor who’s just been fired from his superhero movie franchise, is hired to impersonate Roman at royal events to hide the prince’s failing mental and physical health from the public. As his duties become more frequent and personal—even extending to a child’s birthday party with royal family members—Oliver’s masquerade is almost revealed when Lucille discovers the truth. After some mutual hesitation, they decide to work together to try and help the people of Molave, who’ve been suffering mightily since the real Roman put hefty tariffs on all imports. As the country’s unrest escalates, so do Lucille’s and Oliver’s romantic feelings toward each other. Over the course of this novel, Romig’s quick pacing and naturalistic dialogue make for the kind of story that readers will want to finish in a single sitting. The main characters are sympathetic—especially Lucille, whose desire for more responsibility in her royal duties is clear—and the will-they, won’t-they tension between the two leads is consistently engaging. Overall, it’s a sharp and entertaining tale with fun twists and turns—and, fortunately, it all ends with plenty more of its story left to tell in a future installment.

A delightful relationship tale with a cliffhanger that’s sure to keep readers wanting more.

Kirkus Reviews