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Wannabe Heir (The Royals) Kindle Edition

by Kim Karr (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Part of: The Royals (4 books)

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CROWN CHASER, KINGMAKER, POSER, PRETENDER, WANNABE HEIR

They had it all wrong.
I never wanted to rule the world; all I wanted was her.
But they couldn’t see past my bad reputation, so they forced us apart.

That was ten years ago, and I’ve grown up.
I’m still a rebel.
I’m still reckless.
But I’m also ruthless.
Determined.
And I have even bigger balls.

So, when I find out she’s in trouble, I have to help her.
It doesn’t matter that she hates me.
She’ll get over it.

Fighting for her is what I was born to do.

I never wanted to rule until she needed me to, and this time I won’t stop until I get what I want.
If they think I will…
They have it all wrong.

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"Wannabe Heir has everything I look for in a romance novel. There was steam, swoon worthy moments and just enough drama to keep you turning the pages. I LOVED how this storyline played out." ~Book Bitches Blog"WANNABE HEIR is a story of family, power, secrets and lies; of second chances and happily ever afters." ~The Reading Cafe"I loved this second chance at love story." ~Cat's Guilty Pleasure"Wannabe Heir was Sweet and Thrilling!" ~Cierra's Corner"Chemistry burns from these two from their first encounter and you never know what's going to happen every time they get together." ~The Erotic Book Blog "This was an entertaining story that i really enjoyed reading. Anyone that is a fan of royal romances would enjoy this story." ~2OCC

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*** Look for WASHED UP ROYAL, WOULD BE KING, and THE PRETEND PRINCE to complete this Royal Series. All four contemporary romances are standalones with overlapping characters. ***

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZRV7GGN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 25, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 25, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2733 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,831 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,877 in Friendship Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #3,594 in Organized Crime (Kindle Store)
- #8,885 in Action & Adventure Romance (Kindle Store)

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Reader * Chocolate Lover * Writer * Coffee Lover * Romantic * Beach Lover * Yoga Beginner

Kim Karr is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of eighteen novels. Best known for writing sexy contemporary love stories, she enjoys bringing flawed characters to life and creating romances that are page worthy.

Her stories are raw, real, and explosive.

Her characters will make you laugh, make you cry, make you feel.

And her happily-ever-afters are always swoon worthy.

From the brooding rock star to the arrogant millionaire to the Football Player. From the witty damsel-in-distress to the sassy high-powered businesswoman to the boutique owner. No two storylines are ever alike.

If Kim's not writing, you can find her wandering through antique stores with her husband, trying out new fitness classes with her sons, venturing out to new coffee shops with her daughter, or with her nose stuck in a book.

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Lisa Hines

Review: The Royals 3: Wannabe Heir

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

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Wannabe Heir by Kim Karr is the third book in her latest series, The Royals . The underlying intrigue taking place in the fictional royal world is slowly building with each standalone romance in the series but this book puts much of the danger into perspective and provides some history to the troubles also. The family dynamics or lack thereof in this story might just make your heart bleed for Liz and for the truth that Spencer will soon learn.

Liz and Spencer's story is slightly dark and twisty, sexy with underlying intrigue and drama. Told in dual pov with a happily ever after. I loved this and cannot wait for more of these wonderful, fictional royals! Enjoy!

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Amy Dickinson

More of the Royals Is Here

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019

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Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

To say that I’ve been waiting patiently for Kim Karr’s Wannabe Heir is an understatement. I found Kim Karr with her Men of Laguna series (if you haven’t read it, you should… hot, stubborn male heroes). From there, I indulged in her ReWined series. Then, she began writing her Royals series, and I was hooked. From Victoria and Adrien to the Prince Harry look-a-like Maximilian, I’ve been lost in her royals’ stories. Now, Wannabe Heir has landed. This is a second chance romance with a fake husband/forbidden best friend’s sister story.

Princess Elizabeth “Liz” Taylor Laurent finds herself in a bit of a quandary. Her father has amassed a great debt due to gambling, and his solution is promising her to the dastardly Count Godfrey Hawkins. Using his wealth, he attempts to blackmail Liz into marrying him. Under duress, she tells him that she’s already married to Spencer Lexington, Prince of Darkness. Liz and Spencer share a past. He’s the one man she gave her firsts to, and she has never fully moved past him because he left her life without an explanation. Mulling her options, she finds herself gambling in a casino after the offer from the Count as a way to make back the money for her father’s debt. Also, gambling in the casino is Spencer, and he notices her immediately. In fact, we find out that Spencer has never forgotten his time with Liz. However, there are complications from their time together and keeps him at arm’s length…at least until he feels the need to save her from the Count. One of those ways is acting as her husband. Will Spencer save the day and find his HEA with Liz, or is she doomed to become the Countess Hawkins?

I wasn’t sure how to approach this review, to be honest. I think of the three Royals stories, this is my least favorite. And I hate writing that. I had been waiting for this book because I like the intertwined stories of this series of standalones, but something was missing in this story. While I swooned over the first two books, throwing myself into them emotionally, there was a disconnect with this one. I’ve been reflecting on it, and I think these might be some of the reasons:

The story is solid. If you love a second chance romance with a fake husband/forbidden best friend’s sister plot twist, this will fill your need.

Spencer and Liz are solid characters. I don’t know that I felt the emotional pull that I’ve felt between the first two couples in this series. I think the issue lies in the complicated networks of characters and connections. Karr provides an explanation of the different islands and people before the story begins, but there were times when I couldn’t remember or found myself confused over the various connections. This makes the story convoluted in moments. Even more, there is a part of me that was discouraged with Spencer’s willingness to give up Liz in their youth. He blames it on “bro code” but it feels as though “bro code” ran out after his friendship with Liz’s brother, Truman, breaks his friendship with Spencer. We find out that he has been pining, to a certain extent, for Liz for a decade, yet he kept his distance. I struggled with this knowledge. If he truly loved her as he suggests, it seems as though nothing should have kept him from her, especially Truman. It seems he could have reasoned more vehemently with Truman. However, this situation is necessary for Karr’s story, so it’s important to suspend our disbelief, I suppose.

There is something about the narrative of this story. There were times when it felt like there was space between the moments. It didn’t flow like the first two books, and I was bewildered by it. Maybe it was my reading of it. Maybe I placed huge expectations on it because I had loved Washed Up Royal and Would Be King immensely. I’m not sure, but the storytelling, the linear nature of the story, felt broken in places. And I couldn’t’ understand why Spencer’s guardian/nanny from his youth kept his secret identity. It should have been divulged earlier in his life. That was confusing to me, as well.

The ending is sweet, though. It doesn’t take a genius to know that Spencer and Liz have a happy ending, and the way in which Karr presents it, it makes up for all my misgivings about parts of the story.

Would I recommend this book? Indeed. I think this is a case of the reader wanting more when it wasn’t necessary. You will fall in love with Spencer and Liz even in their stubbornness and self-sabotage. Even though I read this as an ARC for an honest review, and I felt conflicted with certain aspects of Kim Karr’s Wannabe Heir, I couldn’t put it down. As each page passed, I felt compelled to keep going, I worried over Spencer and Liz’s plight, and I needed their reconciliation. That is probably all that is necessary to understand about Kim Karr’s book. You may think it will let you down, but, in the end, it will leave you with a cavity from its sweet ending.

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2020

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Awe I loved Spencer and Liz’ story. A Royal second chance romance. They had a secret love affair when they were young. But once her brother found out about it, Spencer walked away without a word leaving Liz heartbroken. Many years and a few failed relationships later she sees him again at her brother’s wedding. When Count Godfrey tried to trap her into marriage, she blurts out Spence as scapegoat. And I won’t spoil more of the plot but it’s quickly obvious that they were never over each other. I adored them.

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Fabulously fun book

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2019

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What a great addition to this fun series about royals. The Who's Who the author has in the beginning is vital because I got confused a bit here and there, but just reviewed the list and got back on track. The book may be a bit forgettable, but it's a yummy story with suspense and sexy times that hit the spot for me JUST RIGHT. Excellent characters.

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Sandy S.

inviting and sensual

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019

WANNABE HEIR is the third instalment in Kim Karr’s contemporary, adult THE UNKNOWN ROYALS erotic, romance series focusing on the fictional royal families of the five Vespa Isles off the coast of France. This is Prince Spencer Lexington of Catalina, and twenty-six year old, Princess Elizabeth Taylor Laurent’s of Eastwood, story line. WANNABE HEIR can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Liz and Spencer ), and several third party ‘media’ observations WANNABE HEIR follows the acrimonious relationship between Prince Spencer Lexington of Catalina, and twenty-six year old, Princess Elizabeth Taylor Laurent. At the wedding of her brother Prince Truman to his beloved wife Rachel, Princess Elizabeth aka Liz will discover that all is not well in the Kingdom of Eastwood. Deep in debt, owing millions to the mob, Elizabeth’s father has struck a deal ensuring our heroine’s life is no longer her own but Elizabeth isn’t willing to go down without a fight dragging her past into her present in the hopes of stopping her inevitable future. Enter Prince Spencer Lexington, the man who destroyed Liz’s heart, and in doing so destroyed any hopes for her own happily ever after. What ensues is the rebuilding and second chance relationship and romance between Spencer and Liz, and the potential fall-out as her father’s past comes seeking payment due.

Ten years earlier Princess Elizabeth Laurent fell in love with Prince Spencer Lexington but Spencer walked out of Elizabeth’s life leaving a heart broken young royal in his wake. Fast forward to present day wherein life comes full circle and Spencer offers Liz a potential solution to her life-altering dilemma, a solution that will reveal more than anyone could have imagined.

The relationship between Elizabeth and Spencer is one of second chances: a rekindling romance between to people pulled apart by power and control, and a brother’s need to protect his sister at all costs. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The colorful secondary and supporting characters include Spencer and Liz’s parents; Spencer’s sister Camilla ; family friend Oksana; Prince Truman and Rachel; Victoria and Adrien (Washed Up Royal#1) and Count Godfrey Hawkins.

WANNABE HEIR is a story of family, power, secrets and lies; of second chances and happily ever afters. The premise is imaginative and intriguing; the romance is spicy and seductive; the characters are spirited and edgy. WANNABE HEIR in an inviting and sensual addition the Kim Karr’s series of Unknown Royals.

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