Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Format: e-ARC
Source: publisher via edelweiss
FIRST LINE
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Under siege,
that’s what we are, Louise
thought as she observed the mayhem beyond the church’s massive oak doors.
Princess Louise is considered the wild
princess due to her tendency to want to only do what she wants. Her mother,
Queen Victoria, tries many different ways to tame her wild offspring but
instead pushes her daughter further and further away. Now that Princess Louise
is an adult, Queen Victoria feels it is time for her to marry and settle down.
Her mother’s choice of a husband pales in comparison to the love she had with
her collage boyfriend who mysteriously disappeared. The two learn to tolerate
each other after discovering her husband’s alternative lifestyle (which her
mother knew about) and Louise starts to wonder what happened to her first love.
Stephen Byrne, and American who is
employed under the Queen’s Secret Service, has been trying to uncover who is
behind all the assassination attempts on the Queen and her family. Louise
secretly asks him to investigate her lover’s disappearance. Throwing these two
together adds spice and tension to the story that the reader eagerly
anticipates when these two finally let down their guard and discover that they
could make each other happy.
This light romance is a fun read. You
discover more about Queen Victoria and the dynamic with her family. Perry
sticks close to what history says the relationship between Victoria and Louise
was. Louise was often very openly critical of her mother’s never ending
mourning phase which caused tension between the two. The reader discovers that
Louise was just a free thinking woman ahead of her time who only wanted to find
love and live her life to the fullest. Due to her social station, that just
wasn’t possible for her and she acted out in many different ways in defiance to
her mother. With the added mystery of assassination attempts and a missing lover, The Wild Princess leads to an entertaining read.
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