{"id":47232,"date":"2019-10-27T06:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=47232"},"modified":"2019-10-27T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T13:11:50","slug":"review-royal-rogue-nordic-royals-4-by-karina-halle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=47232","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Royal Rogue (Nordic Royals, #4) by Karina Halle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Every family has a black sheep \u2013 even the royal ones.<\/p>\n

In the royal family of Denmark, that black sheep is me. To the public I\u2019m known as Princess Stella, but I feel anything but royal. As a single mom, divorcee, social outcast, and forever forgotten about under the magnetism and power of my older brother, King Aksel, I\u2019m used to being an outlier. Though it doesn\u2019t matter when my whip-smart nine-year old daughter, Anya, is my whole world anyway.<\/p>\n

Then that world of mine gets turned upside down.<\/p>\n

I meet Prince Orlando of Monaco, whom the media has dubbed \u201cThe Royal Rogue\u201d for many good reasons. I can\u2019t stand that arrogant smirk on his face, the lewd words that leave his lips \u2013 pretty much everything about him. I especially can\u2019t stand how infuriatingly sexy he is and how he manages to get under my skin like no one else.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long time since a man could make me feel that way, so you can\u2019t really blame me for throwing my willpower out the window and succumbing to a brief but torrid affair with him, full of hot, dirty sex and nothing else.<\/p>\n

Until that nothing else turns into something more, in the form of a big surprise.<\/p>\n

I thought I got that wicked royal rogue out of my system but there\u2019s a link between us now that neither of us can ignore.<\/p>\n

A baby.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

3.5 royally knocked up stars<\/b><\/p>\n

A short, sweet, fast-moving read with a healthy dose of steam, this book features a royal single mother, a royal playboy, a whole lot of dirty talk and a surprise pregnancy.<\/p>\n

This is the fourth book in the Nordic Royals<\/i> series, an inter-connected standalone, and is the story of Princess Stella of Denmark (younger sister of King Aksel from A Nordic King<\/a>), and newbie to the series, Prince Orlando of Monaco.<\/p>\n

Princess Stella has pretty much flown under the radar in terms of her role in royal life, and she\u2019s happy living out her life in the south of England, a divorced single mother to an adorable nine-year-old. But whenever her brother and his family leave the country, she has to step in as royal regent, and she\u2019s doing just that when the royal family of Monaco decide to stop in for a visit.<\/p>\n

Prince Orlando of Monaco has a lot riding on his royal shoulders \u2013 the future of his entire country is dependent upon him marrying and producing an heir \u2013 but he tries not to think too much about all of those expectations and focusses on enjoying his life. He is accompanying his family on a trip to Copenhagen when he lays eyes on Princess Stella, and it\u2019s lust at first sight.<\/p>\n

His lips curve into a soft smile. \u201cWhat do you want, Your Highness?\u201d he repeats.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure I can explain with words,\u201d I admit slowly, meeting his eyes. \u201cI\u2019m not even sure it\u2019s a want. I think\u2026I think it might be a need.\u201d
\n\u201cI can work with that.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s only a matter of hours before Orlando and Stella hook up for a mind-blowing quickie that rocks both of their worlds, and begins a secret but seriously hot hook up that lasts while Orlando is in town. Unfortunately, it ends badly, but it\u2019s not the last they will see of each other when Stella discovers that their sizzling tryst left her pregnant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both have roles to play, roles that were handed to us. But they don\u2019t have to define us. And they don\u2019t have to contain us.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I enjoy a surprise pregnancy, so as Orlando and Stella are brought back together to confront their new reality, I was right on board for the ride. They have some pretty significant hurdles in their way, and a bit of soul-searching to be done, but the love story unfolds really nicely. The feels are there, the sexy time is smoking ,and it\u2019s just a matter of them figuring themselves out and finding their way forward. There\u2019s a bit of drama and angst that goes along with that, but on the whole it\u2019s a pretty easy read.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeep inside, we know each other, Stella. Sometimes time isn\u2019t a factor at all. We\u2019re one and the same and I\u2019m in this with you. I promise you I am.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aksel and Aurora from A Nordic King<\/i> appear pretty heavily, and I loved seeing them and their family again (including Snarf Snarf the pig\u2026 now not so little), and seeing Aksel as the protective big brother was just gorgeous. I loved Stella\u2019s daughter, adorably precocious little Anya, and Orlando\u2019s family are fantastically entertaining.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fun story, but it\u2019s really fast-paced, so there\u2019s not a lot of depth there with either the characters or their romance, but for a quick, fun read, it works, and I enjoyed this one.<\/p>\n

3.5 stars.<\/p>\n

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Nordic Royals<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Swedish Prince (#1)<\/strong> (Viktor & Maggie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wild Heir (#2)<\/strong> (Magnus & Isabella)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

A Nordic King (#3)<\/strong> (Aksel & Aurora)
\nReview<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Royal Rogue (#4)<\/strong> (Orlando & Stella)
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The Illicit King (#5)<\/strong>
\nComing 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meet Karina<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of\u00a0The Pact<\/a>,\u00a0Love, in English<\/a>,\u00a0The Artists Trilogy<\/a>, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.<\/p>\n

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.<\/p>\n

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Check out our\u00a0Karina Halle Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0for more awesome reads<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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