Review: Average historical novella about stuborn princess and Scotish earl with a troubled past
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2013
Alexandra, Princess Menshikov, from Oxenburg, fictional country placed somewhere between Switzerland and Bavaria has come incognito to Scotland to find a husband."...a husband who is not like the soft-skinned fops who languish in the courts of Europe. Men who ride and hunt and fight - real men."There she meets James Keith, the fifth Earl of Kintore, who has all the qualities that she is looking for. There is only one problem - James does not want to get married ... ever. But Alexandra is going to give her best effort to change his mind.Sadly, Princess in Disguise was just another historical romance to me. Nothing really stood out to get me interested or attached to characters.There is a lot of things happening for a novella, sometimes it seems that things are forced to happen a little bit too fast. But I was never a fan of insta-love thing so maybe that's the problem.Princess in Disguise can be read as a stand-alone, but I think this is not the right story to pick if you want to sample Karen Hawkins's talent. I am sure that she can do so much better. Still, it can satisfy the fans while they are waiting for the next installment in 'The Duchess Diaries' series, I guess.I recommend this book to fans of: historical romance novellasDisclaimer: I was given a free eBook by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for a honest review.