american royals  <b><b><i>new york times</i></b><b> bestseller</b><br /><br />what if america had a royal family? if you can&apos;t get enough of harry and meghan or kate and william, meet american princesses beatrice and samantha. <i>crazy rich asians</i> meets <i>the crown</i>. perfect for fans of <i>red, white, and royal blue</i> and <i>the royal we</i>!</b><br /><br />two princesses vying for the ultimate crown. <br />two girls vying for the prince&apos;s heart. <br />this is the story of the american royals.<br /><br />when america won the revolutionary war, its people offered general george washington a crown. two and a half centuries later, the house of washington still sits on the throne. like most royal families, the washingtons have an heir and a spare. a future monarch and a backup battery. each child knows exactly what is expected of them. but these aren&apos;t just any royals. they&apos;re american.<br /><br />as princess beatrice gets closer to becoming america&apos;s first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling. nobody cares about the spare except when she&apos;s breaking the rules, so princess samantha doesn&apos;t care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her. and then there&apos;s samantha&apos;s twin, prince jefferson. if he&apos;d been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. most of america adores their devastatingly handsome prince . . . but two very different girls are vying to capture <i>his</i> heart.<br /><br />the duty. the intrigue. the crown. <i>new york times </i>bestselling author katharine mcgee imagines an alternate version of the modern world, one where the glittering age of monarchies has not yet faded--and where love is still powerful enough to change the course of history.<br /><br />"the lives of the american royal family will hook you in the very first pages and never let go. relatable, believable, fantastical, aspirational, and completely addictive." --sara shepard, #1 <i>new york times</i> bestselling author of the pretty little liars and perfectionists series