I'm excited to bring you an excerpt from Emma Chase's upcoming release, Royally Screwed! Royally Screwed releases on October 18th. Scroll on down for all the details!
Emma Chase, New York Times bestselling author of the Tangled Series & Legal Briefs Series, returns with the first of three sizzling standalone books about a family of racy, irresistible Royals.
Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crowned Prince of Wessco, aka “His Royal Hotness”, is wickedly charming, devastatingly handsome, and unabashedly arrogant—hard not to be when people are constantly bowing down to you.
Then, one snowy night in Manhattan, the prince meets a dark haired beauty who doesn’t bow down. Instead, she throws a pie in his face.
Nicholas wants to find out if she tastes as good as her pie, and this heir apparent is used to getting what he wants.
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Dating a prince isn’t what waitress Olivia Hammond ever imagined it would be.
There’s a disapproving queen, a wildly inappropriate spare heir, relentless paparazzi, and brutal public scrutiny. While they’ve traded in horse drawn carriages for Rolls Royces and haven’t chopped anyone’s head off lately—the royals are far from accepting of this commoner.
But to Olivia—Nicholas is worth it.
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Nicholas grew up with the whole world watching, and now Marriage Watch is in full force. In the end, Nicholas has to decide who he is, but more importantly, who he wants to be: a King... or the man who gets to love Olivia forever.
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The next week is blissfully
uneventful. I address Palace business during the day, and spend my nights with
Olivia—which are so much more than blissful.
While I work, she relaxes like I
want her to. She walks the grounds and has found a friend in Franny. They’ve
had lunch together a few times, which doesn’t exactly thrill me, but at the
very least, I know she’s safe with Simon’s wife.
Franny, and her forked tongue, will
protect Olivia from the Lucy-types looking to wound her with their half-truths.
On the rare occasions my brother is
sober, he becomes increasingly agitated—like he’s unable to sit still, to stand
his own company, or any sound that resembles silence. Finally, he decides to
throw a welcome home party for himself.
I’m in my bathroom preparing for
his royal yacht party, just showered with a towel around my hips, scraping the
last of the shaving cream off my jaw, when Olivia appears in the doorway.
I thought she was lovely from the
first moment I saw her. But here, now—her bare, soft skin wrapped in a pink
silk robe, her face glowing with well-rested happiness…she’s magnificent.
“So…do you guys have like a gift
shop or a convenience store around here?”
I laugh. “A gift shop?”
She holds up a light blue
disposable razor. “I’m out of razors. This one’s so dull I could run it over my
tongue without drawing blood.”
“Let’s not test that theory. I like
your tongue too much.” I wipe my chin with a towel. “I can have the staff bring
one to your room.”
The devil on my shoulder—and the
angel too—smack me upside the head. And they whisper a much better idea.
“Or…I could help you out.”
Her brows draw together. “Help me
out? I can’t use your razor.”
“No, definitely not—you’d cut
yourself to ribbons.” I finger the sharp, heavy straight blade. “What I mean
is…I could shave for you.”
Her eyes darken, the way they do
when she’s right on the edge—right before she comes. And she moves closer to
me.
“Do you…want to do that?”
My gaze drags down, down, over
every sumptuous inch of her body.
“Oh, yes.”
Emma
Chase is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the hot
and hilarious Tangled series and The Legal Briefs series. Emma lives in
New Jersey with her husband, two children and two naughty (but really cute)
dogs. She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
