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Royal Passion:(Royal#2)
First published 1986 · 421 pages
A sweeping vintage romance where a forced deception melts into genuine, high-stakes passion amidst the glittering salons of 19th-century Paris.
What it feels like
This vintage historical romance delivers a sweeping, emotionally charged experience that thrives on the tension between duty, coercion, and undeniable attraction. The narrative moves at a brisk pace, sweeping the reader from rustic encampments to the opulent, luminary-filled salons of Paris. Its mood is deeply romantic and steeped in the dramatic flair of the bodice-ripper era, wrapping the reader in a world where every glance is laden with high stakes and hidden motives. The prose is lush and earnest, leaning heavily into the emotional turmoil of a protagonist caught between a devastating secret and a blossoming, genuine love. It is a perfect match for readers who delight in classic, passionate romances where elaborate deceptions inevitably surrender to all-consuming devotion.
- Mood
- opulent
- sweeping
- emotionally charged
- romantic
- Tone
- dramatic
- passionate
- earnest
- tense
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- forced deception · blossoming passion · high-stakes romance · cultural collision
- The writing
- Lush and dramatic, capturing the sweeping emotional intensity characteristic of classic 1980s historical romance.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from reluctant, coerced deception to a deep, desperate devotion threatened by looming betrayal.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave vintage historical romances filled with high-stakes blackmail, opulent Parisian settings, and intense emotional entanglements.
Content notes
- blackmail
- coercion
- deception
About the book
Mara Delacroix, a beautiful Louisiana belle, is blackmailed into seducing Roderic, the gypsy prince of Ruthenia. Eventually she will be called on to betray him in some unnamed way. She pretends to fall in love with Roderic after stumbling into a gypsy camp where Roderic is staying. He in turn falls for her and takes her to Paris, where he installs her as his mistress. Together they entertain such luminaries as George Sand, Alexandre Dumas and Honore Balzac. By the time the blackmailer arrives to tell Mara how to betray the prince, she has fallen deeply in love with him.
Royal Princes of Ruthenia Series: Royal Seduction (Royal, #1) Royal Passion (Royal, #2)
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