Review: To catch a princess
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
A Russian princess is the focus - Tatiana Ivanov, who has gained an MBA and come to work in her brother Alexander's Atlantic City casino, though we don't actually see her doing much work.  She doesn't know that an international jewel thief is stalking her family.  Tatiana's family uphold traditions by making marriage arrangements and have pledged her to a Grand Duke's son whom she's not met.  Stubbornly certain that in America she can marry as she likes, Tatiana still doesn't want to hurt her parents.Tatiana meets again a detective friend, Peter Roman.  He changed his name and dropped his titled identity when he came to America. In reality he's the Grand Duke's son, a prince, and now he's obliged to come clean with the princess he desires.  But Tatiana is tired of people being less than honest with her, and finds it hard to forgive him.I found it hard to feel any sympathy for such wealthy people, who are rich because they encourage others to gamble. We don't meet any ordinary folks in this tale, and Tatiana is aware of the cheaper nature of the suits her detective friend can afford. Once he reveals himself he taps into his family wealth too, so that's okay then. Imagine if he'd stayed in cheap suits. Peter is the best character because he is steadfast and Tatania's to-ing and fro-ing about whether she could trust him seemed wrong given they were spending quite a lot of time in the bedroom.The author also tries to make us feel sympathy for the jewel thief who is stealing to order, but it doesn't work with me.  Overall this is a one-sided romantic suspense but it is certainly not the only one and many people will enjoy the descriptions of Monaco and Jersey.