I enjoyed both the royal runaway and was excited to continue the story in the royal bodyguard. This was an enjoyable read with just enough twists and turns to keep me captive and reading more.

As a massive fan of The Royal Runaway, I was incredibly excited to read this new Royal book, and it did not disappoint one bit.

I just wish I'd read them closer together as some of it may have been easier to catch up with, but other than that this could easily be read as a standalone.

This time its Caroline in the spotlight, and we see just what a disgraced Princess of Drieden really gets up to.

I loved the continuation of a story-line from the first book, while also giving this book a slightly different feel and perspective, given this is not your typical dutiful princess.

And since she has been living in exile, a whole bunch of familiar faces suddenly arriving in town is not what she wanted, much less when the plot thickens and all manner of lives may be at risk.

I enjoyed her interactions with the troublesome bodyguard that she propositioned many years ago, and it was fun to see how that bit of the story played out.

I really did love every last second of this book, that is fast paced, and keeps you on your toes, while you try to work out just who may or may not be double crossing each other.

It was also interesting to see more of the family from the non royal side of the family, and I loved the references to American women wanting to marry their own Prince, a clear nod to Harry and Meghan.

Thoroughly enjoyable and I'm sure this isn't the last we have seen of Drieden or this particular royal family. Just please don't make us wait as long for the next book.

Thank you to Headline Eternal and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

I usually really love books like these but I really struggled with this one and found that it just did not hold my interest for very long.

The story was just ok but it was the characters that I really couldn't like. They were at times just so unlikeable and this left me not caring in any way what happened to them.

It seemed such a good premise but this book really struggled to hold my interst, the characters were flat, one dimensional and sometimes just downright unlikeable (and not intentionally). The story was all over the place at times and too light for me.
Just not for me for me

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

This is the first book that I have read by Lindsay and I really enjoyed it. Caroline was a bit of a rebel princess, then she eloped and married Stavros who was a racing car driver, he then died in a car crash and Caroline went into hiding. Hugh as been looking for Caroline for quite a long time and when he does find her he has to tell her that she is in danger. Caroline had a crush on Hugh but when she approached him he rejected her. Will Hugh be able to keep Caroline safe or is it too late. I definitely recommend you read this book as it is well written and worth reading.

I like the premise for this book however for me I didn't engage with the story as I had hoped. You only read off one characters POV which is ok if the story is strong. However in this case you don't really understand what he bodyguard is feeling towards her. It came to the point when I did not care much for either of them.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a honest review.

The Royal Bodyguard was a book I’m afraid I didn’t particularly enjoy, although a romance with some action, for me the ingredients for a good read were sadly missing, confusing at times and written in the first person it therefore left too many unanswered questions. We only had Princess Caroline’s view of everything so there was no depth to any of the other characters in particular the main ones Hugh the Royal bodyguard and the ‘baddie’
Their past was eluded to but not explained with any detail and throughout the book you had no real idea of what Hugh thought or felt except by descriptions of his body language and facial expressions.
As to the ending it was as expected but you’re still left slightly in the dark, I hadn’t even realised the book had ended, on turning to the next page (on my kindle) there were the authors acknowledgements. I went backwards and forwards thinking I’d somehow missed a bunch of pages.
If you like your books light and not get involved with the characters then you’ll probably enjoy this story.
My thanks to net galley and publisher for the opportunity to review this book honestly.