I'm glad I'm not the only one whose fascinated by European royalty! What I love about this book is the way that the author explores the darker side of fame/royalty. It's a fresh take on what it means to be a royal.

Pleasantly surprised by this romance. Beside reading about a typical new love, the novel brought many important issues like mental health, belonging in a community, mother/daughter relationship and it made the characters and the storyline quite enjoyable. Even though the Royal couple in the story shares big similarities with Prince Harry and Megan, the author is able to make us focus on Piper, the insecure teacher living with her not too stable mother and Harrison, the tough bodyguard with a gentle heart.

A few thing bugged me, first, the fact that the book is based in Canada but the author does not use the appropriate terminology for "favourite/flavour". The author writes the American version instead and it's too bad.

And PIper mentioned that she has the tendency to pick the wrong guy and by the look of it, Harrison seems completely wrong for her but in the magic of words, everything ends well and they live happily after.

However, I enjoyed the aspect of Piper defending her hobby in front a reticent school board; it was interesting to hear the arguments brought up for her case.

All in all, I would recommend this to my romance lovers friends

What would you do if Harry and Meghan moved next door and they brought along their handsome body guard? This is the predicament Piper finds herself in.
Piper is a second grade teacher, she loves romance books and she has her own podcast where she discusses them. She lives on a small island in Canada and everyone knows everyone. Her day couldn’t get worse a student throws up in her purse and she has to toss it, which includes her license. When she stopped on her way to pulling into
her driveway by a handsome guard named Harrison, she stays at a cottage with her mother that shares a driveway with a mansion. Harrison refuses to let her by until she can prove she lives there. This is when she learns the Duke and Duchess of Fairfax are her neighbors. Piper and her mom become friends with the Duke and Duchess and even Harrison, soon Piper begins to see the other side of the grumpy Harrison, the softer side and they begin a friendship and soon more. Conflicts soon arise between the paparazzi and Piper and Harrison see their relationship may have issues and Piper will have to discover her own voice and that she’s stronger that she realizes! You guys I loved this book so much!! I couldn’t put it down it was steamy in certain pets FYI, but Piper was adorable and Harrison was everything!! This book will be one of my top books five stars!!

I'm starting to warm up more to Royal-related romances and it was really fun that this was more about the bodyguard than the actual Royals. It's clearly a riff on the Harry/Megan situation and I enjoyed that more than I would have it were a copy of Kate/Will. 

The MC, Piper, lives with her mother on a gorgeous island in Canada. They live in what used to be the guest house of a big mansion. When the Royals come to hide out for the summer, they (and their staff/bodyguards) pick the house directly next to Piper's. She's a school teacher by day and romance podcaster by night, dealing with her mom's mental issues and her own troubled past in relationships.

There was honestly a LOT going on here between Piper's job, her ex fiance, her podcast, her mom's issues, the bodyguard and his issues, the romance, the Royals... etc. The list goes on and on Lots of things happening, so it never felt to me like anything to enough page time. Certain elements were THERE but somewhat glossed over until they eventually factored in later on. Her romance podcast was discussed and a big piece later, but still managed to feel like a major afterthought.

The romance between Piper and Harrison was pretty good and enjoyable, with not a lot of issues to overcome. The major conflicts in the end of the book were about some of the side issues, so that was refreshing. The location of a beach/island town in Canada was great and needed more page time. It's the kind of place I love to read about in companion series, where the shops and restaurants are explored more and more with each book in the series. This book, unfortunately, primarily showed the downsides to small towns (gossip, rumors, "outsiders are the worst," and everyone-knows-everyone).

Overall, this was a fun Royal-related romance and I blazed through it in just a couple of sittings. It was breezy despite some heavier subject matter. I wish there was a little less going on so more things could get page time, but it was good overall.

Loved this. Huge fan of this author and this was thoroughly enjoyable. Karina did her best with this story. What a fun book!

This book had me picturing living next door to Prince Harry in Los Angeles or something - and laughing all the way through! The interactions with Harrison made me swoon at times and I really adored Piper. This is a must read for anyone who enjoys reading about the British monarchy!

Such a sweet story, I love the sweet teacher/grump trope and this one nailed it. Harrison Cole is a swoon worthy bodyguard and I loved the element of the royal family!

I devoured THE ROYALS NEXT DOOR! I’m.m a sucker for any kind of royal romances and flipping the trope on its head with the bodyguard was a refreshing change of pace! This book made my heart happy!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I don't have the obsession with the royals that I know many people possess, but this was a really great twist on a Harry and Meghan-esque couple and Piper, the normal citizen who suddenly lives next door to them.

Luckily, it didn't focus too much on the royal couple, but more on the budding interest between Piper and the bodyguard, Harrison. A really fun story, it also explores some darker subjects, such as mental health, bringing a really great balance to the entire book.

The Royals Next Door is a fun take and those real Royals that happened to move to LA. But what I loved about this book, is that the main characters weren't the Royals, but their sexy, broody and overprotective body guard.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the mental health rep, the view of therapy, and the small town dynamics that weren't magically fixed. It felt believable. I loved the communication in this book. I really really did. Yes, we have a broody grumpy man and a sunshine heroine with a lot of tension and will they, won't they. BUT I loved the way that once there's a relationship, our Hero and Heroine lean into it and you don't have a 3rd act argument/break-up.

Thank you to Berkley & Netgalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Entertaining enough while reading, but not memorable enough to recommend to others. I felt like Piper and Harrison could have been more fully developed if less time/space was spent on Eddie and Monica's storyline.

I loved this so much! This was my first Karina Halle but reviews were typically positive so I was hopeful going in and I was not disappointed.

Piper and Harrison's chemistry hit me right away and the tension between them throughout the book was palpable. Piper herself was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed getting to know her and seeing her grow into herself on the island.

Halle does the fun and sweet and sexy just as well as she does the serious and touching stuff and all of it can be found in this book. A grumpy/sunshine, slow-burn, bodyguard romance with royal side characters and a heroine with a romance book podcast. A+.

The Royals Next Door was a really fun and charming rom-com!

There were so many aspects to this book that I thoroughly enjoyed. First, the characters were all fantastic. I loved Piper so much — she's extremely relatable and I loved that she also had flaws. As a teacher myself, it was fun to relate to her career. I also loved that it focused on the expectations placed on her in her career and the need to hide her hobbies etc., because of that pressure. Harrison was a fantastic love interest — he's so broody and grumpy, but at the same time, is a total teddy bear. I really enjoyed seeing the relationship between Piper and Harrison unfold.

I also really loved the focus on the Royals. It really connects to everything currently happening with Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess. I think it was so enjoyable that the Royals had a similar story to what is happening in the real world. It's also so great that Piper grows her relationship with the Royals — something she thinks is unlikely, and yet it works so well.

I loved that the setting was Canadian — as a Canadian myself, it is so fun to experience a story set in a place I'm familiar with. The Royals Next Door has such a small-town romance feel to it, and it just makes for a great reading experience.

Overall, the story is so fun. It's the perfect combination of rom-com with real-life issues and focuses. I loved the writing and will definitely be checking more of Karina Halle's books out in the future!

Thank you for the early copy!

Royal romance is my JAM, but I also love any romance that is set in a royal world. So, when I got the opportunity to read an advanced copy of The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle, I was all over it.

This story was not quite a royal romance. We do have royalty, but the side characters (modeled after my favorite royals- Megan and Harry). The stars of this show are a teacher/ROMANCE PODCASTER (right?) and the (swoony) bodyguard for those royals. Have I mentioned how much I also LOVE bodyguard romance?

This book was an enjoyable summer read. The author created a story that was fun and steamy. I loved how the author tackled mental health and defended the integrity of the romance genre. I also loved how the main characters were very authentic. There was good banter, low angst, and some funny moments. I would recommend this read for any royal lover, and anyone who loves an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story.

fun and cute and perfect end of summer read! i love anything royal, especially made up! i think the romance was great and reallly had the reader rooting for them!

I'm not able to articulate why this book was so "meh" for me. It felt contrived and formulaic, lacked a feeling of being genuine, and predictably wrapped up far too nicely with a bow and ribbons on top.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC.

This was a cute royal romance novel. I loved that Piper and her mother both dealt with mental health issues in this story. There were mentions of therapy and how it doesn’t cure you and how you have to work at it all the time. This is so true. I do hope that we get more books like this as someone who has an anxiety disorder as well. Harrison was guarded and I loved the peeling of layers and getting to know the real man behind the tough exterior. Piper and Harrison to me are an odd paring, but they make it work. This story was fun, flirty, heartfelt and endearing. Just what I needed to snap my book slump.

Overall I enjoyed the book. The problems between the main characters were "adult" conflict level and I appreciated that. I liked that this book did not fall victim to cliche basic miscommunication. My only question is, why would anyone throw their driver's license away because a kid threw up on it? That seemed so extreme and it made me giggle. I hate MVD (DMV depending on your state) more than cleaning it. Anyways, the story was sweet, witty and fun to read.

this was a cute, bubbly read. I enjoyed the royal family and the setting, but felt the main hero and heroine were kind of, lackluster? It seemed very instalove or forced chemistry to me, so I didn't care too much whether they ended up together or not. I felt no angst yearning from them.