Our library has a "Christmas In July" display, and I found one of Jasmine Guillory's romances - Royal Holiday (#1,343). Not only in she one of my favorite romance writers, but this story featured Sandringham, where the British royals spend Christmas, and a heroine in her fifties. Romance isn't just for the young!
Vivian Forest has been invited to take a break from her job as a hospital social worker to accompany her stylist daughter on the assignment of a lifetime: arranging the holiday wardrobe of the Duke and Duchess as a stand-in for the Duchess' regular stylist on maternity leave. It's the chance of a lifetime for Maddie, and she gets to bring her mother as her plus one! While Maddie is busy, Vivian bumps into the Queen's private secretary in the kitchen of the cottage where they are staying. The cook is famous for her scones, and Malcolm Hudson is there to take advantage of them. He and Vivian hit it off, and he finds himself inviting her on a tour of the grounds. One thing leads to another in the most delightful way.
Yes, this is a steamy romance, but it grows so naturally out of the story you find yourself wrapped up in it all. It just adds to the pleasure of reading Royal Holiday.
And naturally, there are conflicts - there is an ocean between this pair of lovers. Will they ever be able to resolve it? And do they even want to? You'll just have to read Royal Holiday to find out.
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