Release day for Rachel Hauck’s book To Save a King, the second in the True Blue Royal series, is finally here! What’s it all about?
After growing up in small-town Hearts Bend, Tennessee, Gemma Stone set off to Hollywood to make her mark in the world.
But her ambition turned into a journey of a “thousand” bad decisions and after twelve years of seeking fame and fortune, Gemma returns home with a limp and a dark secret.
Now she runs a rescue ranch and is raising her friends’ orphaned daughter. She’s keenly aware these defenseless ones are also rescuing her. She just wants to stay hidden in the safe world she’s created.
HRH Crown Prince John has learned a royal title cannot shield him from heartbreak. As heir to the revered House of Blue and married to the love of his life, he believed his future reign would strengthen the royal dynasty of Lauchtenland. Then tragedy changed everything. Can anything save him from his grief?
When he travels to Hearts Bend on a mission for his mother, Queen Catherine, he’s drawn into the local life and cajoled into a three-legged race with the beautiful Gemma Stone during the 4th of July festivities.
While the event has a disastrous result, Prince John and Gemma form a quick friendship—one of two wounded souls finding comfort in one other. However, love is absolutely not an option. John desperately wants to hold onto the memories of his wife, and Gemma refuses to trust her heart to any man. Even a prince.
Then Prince John is called home for an emergency. How can he leave the woman who lifted him from his sorrows? But can Gemma join him on a royal stage and risk her secret coming to light?
With a touch of divine help, Prince John and Gemma just might find the kind of love that saves and ultimately write their very own fairy tale.
Rachel Hauck pens fun and flirty romances about royals that are the stuff dreams are made of. While you may think you’ve outgrown fairy tales, To Save a King will prove you wrong.
I love the way that Hauck creates characters who prove that opposites really do attract. Her story players are creative and widely varied, providing a backdrop that feels real and fun, even when the hardships threaten – and they certainly do.
Stories that feature only rich and handsome characters grow old, and while Prince John certainly fits that bill, the beautiful Gemma doesn’t have it that easy. Her everyday problems bring a touch of reality to a story that is somehow fun and entertaining and yet could easily leave you starstruck. Gemma and her family help bring home the spiritual lessons that Hauck weaves so seamlessly into the story, so that when you turn the final page it feels almost like you’ve attended a really great prayer meeting or church service. To Save a King leaves you with the best kind of reader’s high.
Sadly, this appears to be the final book in this series. I’m definitely not ready for it to end, though. I’d love to see Scottie get her own story – and anything else you can do to allow us future peeks into the House of Blue would be perfect.
If you’re a fan of fairy tales, royal fandom, or simply want a fun escape with real life lessons, then To Save a King should be on your TBR list.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own.
Want to know more? Read my review of To Love a Prince here.
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