A Royal Christmas Wedding (Royal Wedding #4) by Rachel Hauck

It’s been five years since Avery Truitt and Prince Colin of Brighton Kingdom fell in love. But he broke her heart with no explanation.

Fast forward to present day, and Colin is Brighton’s most eligible bachelor now that cousin Stephen has married. When Avery’s father dies of a heart attack, she puts her life on hold and returns home to St. Simons Island, Georgia, to help Mama with the family restaurant. But Mama misses Avery’s sister Susanna, who lives four thousand miles away in Brighton Kingdom—and is expecting her first child. So Mama insists she and Avery spend the Christmas season in Brighton.

Colin and Avery are going to see each other a lot while she’s visiting. But she can’t forget the way he hurt her, and he didn’t expect his feelings to still be so strong.

Avery is torn between considering a future in Brighton and taking a coaching job in Georgia, and Colin is finally pushed to pursue what he really wants. Is it too late to convince Avery that she is his true love? And even if he does, will she make it to the chapel on Christmas Day to give him her heart?

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I really love this series.  It's one of my favorites and I'm always watching and waiting for the next book to come out.  There is just something about a royal prince/princess love story.  Kingdoms, balls, palaces- it's all very romantic.  This one is also a second chance at first love kind of story.

Colin and Avery have a history.  They fell in love at a young age but Colin left Avery high and dry with no explanations.  Her heart was crushed.  It's hard to get over that kind of hurt.  Avery is the best kind of character though.  She is vulnerable and hurt, but never mean.  She still holds her head high and acts gracious and kind.  I love that about her.

The rekindling of friendship and then love was really the best and the Christmas setting filled the pages with magic and wonder.  This is the perfect way to bring in the fall and winter season.  Get cozy and settle in for a fantastic love story!

This title releases on Oct. 17th.

Content:  Christian elements

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

A Brush With Love: A January Wedding Story by Rachel Hauck

They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.

Ginger Winters is a gifted hairstylist with scars no one can see. The last thing she expects from the New Year is a new chance at love.

Overcoming a childhood tragedy, Ginger emerges from the pain and trauma with a gift for bringing out the beauty in others. From the top big city salons to traveling the world as personal stylist to a country music sensation, success was almost enough to make Ginger forget she would never be one of the beautiful people.  But she needs her confidence this weekend. She’s the acclaimed “beauty-maker” for the Alabama society wedding of the decade.

When high-school crush Tom Wells Jr. also returns to town and shows up at her shop looking for a haircut, Ginger’s thinly veiled insecurities threaten to keep her locked away from love, Despite Tom’s best efforts, Ginger can’t forget how he disappeared on her twelve years ago and broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again?

When Tom challenges her to see her own beauty, Ginger must decide if she will remained chained to the past or move freely into a new, exciting future.

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I'm really hoping I can catch all the books in this new novella collection by Zondervan.  Last year I started in too late in the year to catch up and read all of them but this year I have hope.  

Isn't the cover pretty for this book?  It represents what lies within so well too.  I really love when covers represent the book and aren't just generic.  The added bonus to this first book for me is that Rachel Hauck wrote it.  I haven't read a Rachel Hauck book I haven't liked yet.  

You just have to love Ginger.  She is both strong and insecure.  She feels real and human and her struggles and insecurities help me relate to her character.  Ginger sure knows how to hold onto a grudge though.  Especially against poor Tom.  He's trying his best to make wrongs right but Ginger just cannot let things go.  It's those darn insecurities holding her back unnecessarily.  And Fear.  It was good stuff watching both characters work through things.

I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to more to come from this series.  This books are clean Christian fiction.  I like knowing I'm not going to get any surprises in the way of language or sexual content.  These books are short, novella length.  That means I can breeze through them quickly and I can get my romantic fix just like that.  :)  

How To Catch A Prince by Rachel Hauck

Prince Stephen came to America to escape responsibility. But what he found complicates his life more than ever.

Corina Del Rey is happy with her life in Melbourne, Florida. She spends her days engrossed in her career as a journalist and has her sights set on climbing the corporate ladder if for no other reason, to distract herself from her dissolving family. But when she is confronted with the past she fought so hard to put behind her, she struggles to make sense of her future.

Prince Stephen of Brighton Kingdom has moved on since the tragic death of his buddies in Afghanistan. A star professional rugby player, he has no intention of looking over his shoulder at what could've been.

But when a notice arrives in the mail requiring his and his wife s appearance before the courts to dissolve their marriage, he must deal with the questions rumbling around in his heart. He thought his marriage had been annulled long ago, but his memories of Corina Del Rey remain close. Does he still love her? Can he even find her? Above all, can he tell her the truth about that fateful night in Afghanistan seven years ago? If he does, he might really lose her forever.

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Rachel Hauck is one of my favorite Christian Fiction authors.  I'm always looking to snatch up her newest, latest book.  I'm really loving this Royal Wedding Series and I think this one is my favorite so far.   The cover is gorgeous, don't you think?

I absolutely fell in love with Corina.  I love her fortitude and quiet, gentle strength.  I love her determination and her patience.  As she has fought her way back from a dark and hurtful place, she has become a thing of grace and beauty.

The one phrase in this book that is really the theme for Corina is "love well".  It really resonated with me and the phrase is still there, bouncing around in my thoughts and echoing through my heart.  How do I "love well"?  Am I loving well the people I come in contact with?  I love Corina's journey with the phrase "love well". 

I love the romance here and the glimpses of Stephen's family that I have known in previous books.  I'm glad Stephen's story is finally here.  I've been waiting for this one and it did not disappoint.  I love this series!

My thanks to the publisher, Zondervan, via NetGalley for a review copy of this book.