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       A countess flees home—and the family curse requiring her to marry a prince—to hide out in the South Carolina low country. There, she meets a man who’s not quite a prince…but who steals her heart all the same.   Find out what happens in the fifth installment in Jennifer Chance’s Crowns and Gowns series, CURSED!   Synopsis:   When the prince she was supposed to marry falls for someone else, Edeena Saleri is done with Garronia's courts, crowns, and family curses. She grabs her sisters and escapes to the nobility-free coast of South Carolina, USA. Refuge isn't anything like it's supposed to be, however. The family's island vacation home now borders a singles' retreat, which Edeena's sisters embrace all too eagerly. Worse, the private protection firm Edeena hires is run by the most infuriating man she's ever met--a rough-hewn, dark-eyed, charismatic charmer named, of course, Prince. He's not a royal and he's n...

This is book #5 in the Gowns & Crowns series.   This book can be read as a standalone novel.  I recommend for complete understanding of the series, and to avoid spoilers, I think this incredible series should be read in order. Vincent AKA “Prince" has been hired to watch over the semi-royal family of sisters who have arrived here in South Carolina.  He cannot help being attracted to the oldest of the siblings, Edeena.  She is the one who hired his company.  Now he must find out what this is all about. Edeena must make a path for her sisters to build upon.  She has to fulfill a family dream in order to break a long ago curse.  What she wants really will not matter.  If she let's time run out, there are more consequences to come.  And.... time is running out. This series just has so many surprises!  These characters are just amazing.  The banter is funny.  The sexy times are hot.  This is just such a fun rea...

  Fans of Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries will enjoy CAPTURED, a New Adult Contemporary Romance with a modern royals flair by award winning author Jennifer Chance. Lauren Grant is a hard-partying celebutante dedicated to avoiding anything that might tie her down, but Dimitri Korba, the gorgeous and arrogant captain of the Garronia National Security Force and her unwanted bodyguard just might change her mind in this new installment in Chance's Gowns & Crowns series.         About Captured: Title: Captured Author: Jennifer Chance   Publisher: Elewyn Publishing   Release Date: January 19, 2016 Series: Gowns & Crowns #2 Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Length: 207 Pages ISBN: 9781943768066   For beautiful, pampered Lauren Grant, the idea of love without strings is a fairy tale and a trap. Though she’s skillfully maintained her image as the carefree celebutante, for years she’s been systematically stalk...

This is book # 2 in the Gowns & Crowns series .   This book can be read as a standalone.  After reading the books in the series I am of the mindset that it should be read as the author intended.  The reader can find more joy and understanding by reading the books in order. Lauren has come to Garronia, with her best friends while on holiday.  While there, one of her friends falls in love with the Prince.  This makes all of them fall into the spotlight.  The news for Lauren, is not good. Dimitri is the head of security for the country the girls are currently visiting.  They run into one another often, since he is most trusted.  With all that is going on, can they fight the attraction?  After a possible tragedy begins to occur, Dimitri uses a plan to protect Lauren. This story has fairy tale magic all its own.  After reading the first book in the series, I was not sure how the author could keep it going - but she ...

Fans of Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries will enjoy COURTED, a New Adult Contemporary Romance with a modern royals flair, about a young woman about to give up on her dreams … and the prince whose dreams she could help make come true. About Courted: Title: Courted Author: Jennifer Chance Publisher: Elewyn Publishing Release Date: October 6, 2015 Series: Gowns & Crowns #1 Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult Length: 222 Pages ISBN: 9781943768042 Aspiring concert violist Emmaline Aurora Grace Andrews is torn between her love of family and her love of music. A year ago, she deferred entering a prestigious graduate program to help her parents recover from a devastating accident. Now the deferment is expiring, but her parents still need her. Worse, every time she plays her audition piece, she mangles it. Is it too late to be the musician she'd always dreamed of? Should she even try? Determined to get clarity, Emmaline accepts a friend's offer for a whirlwind...

Emmaline literally has a run in with a prince.  Prince Kristos runs into her, and later saves her life.  Cue whirlwind few days where the media gets wind and BAM!  Instant mess. Both of them have things from the past that have caused pain in the present.  Em has to care for her parents, instead of pursuing a dream of music.  Her career and school literally have been put on hold.  Kristos has to take the crown, since his brother had an ill fated plane trip and could not do the duties. Kristos only wants what is best.  He wants to be back in the military, serving his people, his country.  He knows that is where he belongs.  With his brother gone, however, his choices are limited.  His family needs him.  His country needs him - in a different way. Em has her best friends giving her the trip of a lifetime.  She knows she must enjoy it to its fullest - since it will soon be over and back to real life she must go. ...