This is the first book I have read by Natalie which I absolutely hated. The premise of the book was too far fetched - sperm if it belongs to a king or not cannot just be used to impregnate. There are procedures to go through, the waste of two potentially good (bad) characters and the loss of potentially 2 storylines. The nurse who made the mistake- she could have done it for nefarious reasons, the father could have played a larger role, he virtually fell off the book once Maia had escaped. The characters didn’t jell together or appeal to me as the reader. It didn’t seem as though the author actually enjoyed writing the book,

I usually love this author's books, but despite her faultless writing. this was a disappointment in comparison with so many 4/5 star reads in the past.

I struggled with the premise, the heroine and the execution. However, there was lots in the book that I loved.

First, the premise - a young woman attends a clinic to investigate her endometriosis and ends up being impregnated accidentally with the sperm of the King - Niko. Seriously?

Second - the heroine has been kept virtually as slave labour on a gambling boat by her disreputable father. She's now 25 and has never fought back, rebelled or tried to escape. In the book's course, she reveals herself to be clever, and articulate, and her lack of education seems not to matter a jot.

I mean, I know Mills and Boon means suspending disbelief, but this went too far.

This was far too reliant on the lack of communication, which seems to bedevil h/H throughout the romance genre.

I read it and enjoyed it but nowhere near as much as her other books. An interesting attempt to try something new but it didn't work as well for me as I'd hoped.

Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book!

This book follows Maia, who in a Jane the Virgin situation, ends up pregnant with King Niko’s child despite never meeting him.

This book was really fun. I loved the concept and the epilogue was easily the cutest thing I’ve read in a while.

However, the whole book was essentially one big miscommunication trope. It seemed like neither character could explain to the other how they were feeling and what was going on. If they would’ve opened up to each other sooner (rather than just before the epilogue) I definitely would’ve enjoyed this more

tropes:
- accidental pregnancy
- virgin fmc
- royalty