VBT#: Royal Scandal - Marquita Valentine

 

Review: Royal Scandal - Book #1 Royals in Exile Series - Marquita Valentine - January 2017

At first, I thought that this was part of a series as it sounded quite familiar, turns out though that Royal Scandal is Book #1 in a new series by Marquita Valentine. One of my favorite themes to read about is Royalty. I love it as it also shares my other favorite theme - the idea of a Cinderella story. In Royal Scandal, we meet the Sinclair family who has arrived at one of their homes in the States in a small town. The family there are under the facade that they are a normal rich and wealthy family. On their first day, the oldest of the pack and now the Guardian of his siblings Colin meets Della whose family are the caretakers of the estate. What follows next is ten years of friendship between Colin's family and Della's, as well as assumptions made. Turns out though that Colin's family have been keeping a lot of secrets from the fact of who they are and even more so the twists and scandals that their ancestors have caused in their hometown. In their kingdom, it isn't the males who rule but the oldest female which is Colin's younger sister Imogen - the older of the twins. What will happen when ten years later, the country wants the Sinclairs back but are willing to change the rules and make Colin a king. The only way he can forfeit is to marry a commoner - Enter his best friend, Della. Will Della accept Colin's proposal especially when she learns of all the secrets that his family has kept for her these past ten years? I also especially enjoyed the twist near the end of this book, which made it stand it out from other Royalty reads as I did not see it coming. Find out in this awesome Royalty read, Royal Scandal by Marquita Valentine. A series I look forward to following.