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.

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.

Princess Ever After by Rachel Hauck (The Royal Wedding Series)

Regina Beswick never dreamed of faraway places. She’s happy with her life as a classic car mechanic and owner of a restoration shop.

But an unexpected visitor and the discovery of a fairytale, drawn by her great-grandma, causes Regina to wonder if she might be destined for something more.

Tanner Burkhardt, Minister of Culture for the Grand Duchy of Hessenberg, must convince the strong-willed Southerner, Miss Beswick, that she is his country’s long-lost princess. Failure could destroy his reputation and change his nation forever.

As Regina and Tanner face the challenges before them, neither are prepared for love to invade their hearts and change every thing they believe about themselves.

However, when a royal opponent nearly destroys Regina’s future, she must lean into God and trust He has sovereignly brought her to her true and final destiny.

This is a series I've had my eye on for awhile.  Ever since the first book came out (Once Upon a Princess), I've been wanting to read it.  My library has the ebook of the first book so I picked that up and read it and then I came across this second book in the series on NetGalley and knew I had to read it.

What draws me to this series in the first place is that I've read books by Rachel Hauck before and I know what I going to get.  She is a Christian Fiction author so I know the book will be clean (no sex, no swearing and no profanity).  I know from the cover that I'm going to get a romantic sort of book and (fingers crossed) a happily ever after ending because you cannot put "Ever After" in the title and not make it happily, right?!

One thing I really loved about this book was that even though there was instant attraction, there wasn't an instant relationship or "love".  There is a difference between attraction and love and I really enjoyed how this relationship progressed- naturally and slowly.

Regina and Tanner were both realistic characters, each with shortcomings and weaknesses but both trying hard to make good decisions and become better.  Regina never expected to be pulled out of her dream come true of owning her own garage.  It was just getting started when she was so suddenly uprooted and thrown into a life completely foreign to her.  Regina shows courage through all the challenges.  Tanner is patient and strong.  I really liked him and his role in this book.

I think this book could easily stand alone but I was glad to have the first book in my head before I read this book.  It helped me understand other characters in this book who were prominent in the first book.

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