Next thing I know, he does the honorable thing: betrays her first, then tries to rescue her from his betrayal. But eventually Dominic realizes that he doesn’t want to betray Laurentia.

Bad boy heroes must have disagreeable schemes, it’s their nature. He needs money to support his dear friend Brat (yes, that’s the rude girl in The Runaway Princess – why can’t she get a real name?) and Brat’s baby (no, the baby’s not Dominic’s). She does a lot of things that place her alone, vulnerable, making her very stupid as a result and making me wonder if the author is really in need of some action – any action! – to keep the story going.Īnd on to Dominic’s plot motivations. She breaks away from the crowd for trysts with Dominic, a man she barely knows. My daughter’s getting kidnapped, for God’s sake! I’ll triple the security! Cancel all her functions!īut no, Laurentia insists she rides out – with one miserable bodyguard – for functions where she’s surrounded by hundreds of potential kidnappers. I will not be doing that with matchmaking intentions in my mind. Especially a man whose background I know nothing about. There are too many illogical loopholes.įirstly, if I’m King Jerome and I know my daughter is in the danger of getting kidnapped, I certainly will not assign only one bodyguard for my daughter. Believe me, the story could’ve been good. Basically the story is simple: someone is trying to kidnap the Princess, the Princess gets bodyguard (Dominic, the villain from The Runaway Princess) who has his own agenda, they romp around the island kingdom of Bertinierre, and that’s it. Too bad Laurentia’s common sense flees the moment the author needs some contrived scenes to keep the story going. She is older, more mature, but lonely, wishing for a dangerous rogue to sweep her off her feet amidst the rather boring, dandified men in her court. Princess Laurentia in this book is much better a personality – she is a woman aware of her responsibilities to her country and her people. Unfortunately the hero Dominic is flat, uninteresting, a mere shadow of what Ms Dodd could do with her heroes.

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