Part-time Princess
(Ladies-in-Waiting, #1)
by Pamela DuMond
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Pub Date Jul 28 2014 | Archive Date Nov 30 2014
Description
Hold tight to your tiara, grab your scepter and be prepared for the New Adult hilarious, modern-day romantic-comedy ride of your life!
Rated PG-13 and mildly R for:
Romance.
Sexual innuendo.
Hot Guys who are Princes.
Flirting.
The occasional naughty word.
The occasional naughty royal fantasy.
The occasional naughty deed.
Castles.
Ladies-in-Waiting.
Parties!
Cocktails.
A puppy.
Gowns.
Intrigue.
A Killer.
Chocolate.
Champagne.
A Royal Wedding!
Comedy.
Sexiness.
And--a Happily-Ever-After Ending (Just not the way you expected it!)
Lucy Trabbicio's a down-on-her-luck, young, American, former biker-bar cocktail waitress desperate to find a job. Lady Elizabeth Billingsley hires Lucy to travel to Fredonia, the tiny jewel of a country in the Alps, for ten days 'tops' to impersonate her.
In the mother of all makeovers, Elizabeth's people teach Lucy how to dress, walk, talk, eat, be coiffed and even get naked like a European Lady. The goal? To keep Crown Prince Cristoph Timmel interested in Elizabeth until she finishes her unexpected, pressing personal business in the States.
But fate intervenes... Lucy meets and is wildly attracted to sexy, bad-boy Nick on the oh-so-long flights to Fredonia. Unfortunately for Lucy--Nick and Elizabeth have a hot sexual history, which Nick wants to immediately resume.
Prince Cristoph proposes marriage. What's an imposter girl to do? Elizabeth insists that she'll make it back home in time for the wedding. Lucy accepts Cristoph's proposal and is on the fast track to becoming a Princess but continues to fall for the wrong Prince of Fredonia--Nick. When another tiny glitch arises--someone's trying to kill her. The only folks helping Lucy are her wild, party hard, take-no-prisoners Ladies-in-Waiting.
A modern day, sexy tale with romance, twists and turns, LOL moments, a few tears and an empowering ending.
Advance Praise
"Royalty, makeovers and two princes fighting over one girl?! Sign me up!" Josie - Goodreads
"This was one entertaining story! It was fun, cute, hilarious; a true comedy and, since I don't read many of those, I had a blast." Lola at Hit or Miss Books
"I absolutely loved "Part-time princess", it is a bubbly, witty, enchanting story who keeps the reader hooked from the first page to the last one..." Liliana Diaconescu - GR
"What really made this book the gem that it was, was the addition of the amazing side characters like the ladies-in-waiting, who always cracked me up and had me dying to be part of their group..." Sorsha O'Dowd at Old Victorian Quill
"...a heart-warming, funny, and entertaining love story between a waitress from Chicago, a play-boy prince, and a man that is falling for the wrong girl. I cannot wait until the second book comes out..." Sarah C. - GR
"...what female doesn't dream of being a princess and swept off her feet by a handsome prince. PART-TIME PRINCESS has heart and sass and romance." Carole - GR
"Lucy an average waitress... takes on the part-time job of a lifetime...To impersonate a to-be princess for a few days...a fun escape and I recommend it to anyone who loves cute NA books and a strong, sassy main character..." Ashley - GR
"Refreshing, funny, simple and beautiful fairy tale. Excellent in every way... The ending has me laughing so hard, I'm near tears! Recommended to everyone 13-up." Mitsy - GR
"I really LOVED this book! I laughed out loud a few times, and I could totally relate with Lucy. I loved her struggles with the princes, and her Ladies-in-waiting were awesome!" Tanne - GR
"wonderfully romantic, funny, witty, and all-around beautiful story." Kayla West
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| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781941731000 |
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Featured Reviews
Dayna K, Reviewer
5 Lady Lucy Marie Trabbicio Stars Seriously this is the type of book that makes me love YA! Hell this book made me feel so many emotions that many romance novels have been lacking. Yes there is romance in here.. the amazing kisses and fade to black love scenes but in a book like this it delivered everything I needed. It was achingly sweet, it was refreshing, it was amazing and I loved it!
This is a story about how a girl name Lucy is tasked to impersonate the princess and keep her bethrothed interested until she returns to Fredonia.. easy right?
Lucy has one week to change her look, her outfits, her gait and her attitude Lucy lands in Fredonia and steals the hearts of everyone around her included the actual princess’s ladys’ in waiting, both royal princes, the people of Fredonia and their chocolate! ( apparently everything is organic there)
Lucy meets everyone in Fredonia including her fake family to be and they jabber on about things the real princess would know about, wedding stuff and contracts and Lucy is just sitting there with her mouth open trying to remember if she is supposed to curtesy or not
What she doesn’t expect is the Cristoph will propose and she will fall in love with Nick She doesn’t expect the two times someone tried to kill her or that she would find her prince to be Cristoph banging his ex in his loft.
On the day before her fake wedding she gets a call that she will actually be the princess of Fredonia and this wedding is hers.
But everyone that fell in love with her.. knows she Lucy .. and loves her the same
Mandy L, Book Trade Professional
One too-hot Prince. One almost-killer. One sassy American girl. One Lady with a secret. A couple of very cool Ladies-in-Waiting. One very cute lab puppy.
What's not to love?
Yeah, that's right, absolutely nothing.
Lucy's voice was like a breath of fresh air. Her problems at the beginning of the novel are real and very relatable, so it's hilarious to see her go from worrying about paying to mortgage to worrying about what to do when the Grandmother Queen rolls over her foot with her walker. I loved the fact that all of the Ladies stuck by her. I don't want to give too much away, but she definitely needed it! Her blunders through royal life were hilarious to read about, and a much-needed lighthearted fun.
But rewinding a little, perhaps my favourite part of the entire book was her flight from Chicago to London. Hot guys with blue eyes and black hair are a very soft spot for me, so is it any wonder I fell head over heels for Nick?
The one thing I will say, though, was that the ending felt almost rushed. It would have been nice to see them go back, settle in; find out what was going on with the rest of the family, and then actually get married for real this time. I'm hoping book 2 will explore some of those aspects, as well as David's reaction.
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