Keira Dominguez
Author of The Impossible Princess
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Works by Keira Dominguez
Stay Close 2 copies
The Midnight Princess 2 copies
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- Keira has a B.A. in Humanities and lives in Oregon with her husband and five children.
When she's is not busy avoiding volunteerism at her kids’ schools like it is the literal plague, she enjoys scoring a deal at Goodwill, repainting her rooms an unnecessary amount of times, and being seized by sudden enthusiasms.
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Which doesn't mean she can't nurse a little crush on Lieutenant Commander Max Andersen of Her Majesty's Royal Navy. When an accident lands the two of them in the tabloids, Clara knows she should do her best to put distance between the two of them, but she can't resist the chance to get to know him a little better. They agree to just be friends, but can they keep to that agreement as the attraction between the two of them grows?
I picked this one up because the cover art is cute and I enjoy occasionally reading royal romances. This featured a believable royal family and good world-building, with lots of details about Sondmark and its relationships with other fictional countries (the United States existed but none of the real-world European countries did). The author laid the groundwork for future books for Alma, Clara's eldest sister, and Noah, the heir - Alma was the perfect princess engaged to someone who barely paid any attention to her, and Noah was the playboy prince who had a surprising interest in Caroline, her mother's drab and professional private secretary.
For the most part, the romance between Clara and Max was just okay. Very nice and comfortable. In order to keep Clara from constantly having the press in her face, Max suggested that they mostly meet at his home, which struck me as at least as risky for both their reputations as meeting in public places, but whatever. They had dinner, watched movies, painted his house, etc. - it was all very nice.
The last 60 or so pages were much more emotional and riveting, and I really enjoyed how things worked out, from the way Clara resolved things with her mother to the way to the way Max's knowledge about his ship was worked into his part of the story.
Weirdly, the next book in the series appears to be Princess Freja's. She was mentioned a few times in this book, but her story didn't get nearly as much setup as Alma's or Noah's. Since I'd like to try more of this series, I'll probably read it, but I'm not nearly as interested in Freja's story as I am in Alma's or Noah's.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)… (more)