The blurb:
At thirty thousand feet, assassins invade the first class cabin and put a knife to my throat. Then one of the passengers hurls them aside like they're nothing. The gorgeous, gruff giant who saves me is Garrett Buchanan, a former Marine. When we uncover a conspiracy to murder me, he becomes the only one I can trust. To stay alive, we must go on the run together.
He's nothing like the men back home. He's as big and rugged as the Texas landscape. He might call me “Your Highness” but those blue eyes burn the clothes right off my body. I have to swap my dress and tiara for jeans and a plaid shirt and he shows me an America full of horses and sunsets and kisses in the rain. But the conspiracy goes further than we dreamed. To save my country, I must return home and take the throne long before I'm ready. And to protect me, Garrett must put on a suit and become a palace guard, forbidden to touch me, let alone kiss me.
I know we can't be together. I know princesses don't get to fall in love. So what do I do? Because I've completely fallen for this man.
My thoughts:
I love Helena Newbury's books. I haven't read a bad one yet, and Saving the Princess was no exception. The story starts with Kristina, princess of Lakovia, a small European country, almost getting sucked out of an aeroplane. The action never really lets up from there. Garrett, a giant Texan and former Marine, becomes her de-facto bodyguard after he saves her from splattering her pretty self all over the ground in California, and along with three of her staff, they start on a crazy journey to root out a traitor in their midst and get the princess home, all while outrunning a highly trained band of assassins.
It's the kind of book where you have to suspend disbelief a little, with a number of made-up countries and a heavy dose of insta-love, but the writing's superb and the characters have definite chemistry. In a way, it reminded me of the TV show Designated Survivor, where every time they recover from one disaster, something even worse happens. High-octane from start to end.
I would offer one suggestion, though – skip the prologue. It's basically lifted from a later chapter in the book, and I found it acted as somewhat of a spoiler.
This sounds good I might have to check it out !
I need to read this book, great review.
I will definitely check it out. I haven’t read any of her books yet but I have heard many good things about her work.
It sounds like a killer; I’ll definitely check it out.
Sounds intriguing. I’ll have to check this one out.
This looks so GOOD!! I NEED to read this asap!!
I am enjoying all the Helena Newbury books I have read. I just found her on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon Prime. All have been awesome and great reads!