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A ROYAL VOW Tamara Sneed BET/Arabesque April 2001 (4+) Jeanette Cogdell |
Contemporary Romance |
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REVIEW #2 (Read Review #1): |
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I
have very few requirements of my romance novels but an important one is for the
couple to meet in the first chapter (preferably the first few pages).
With hero and heroine in the same building, A
ROYAL VOW
was off to great start. Prince
Davis Beriyihas fled his home country of Juhata for America, Los Angeles to be
exact. Just once he wanted to know
what it was like to live the life of a regular person.
No being stared at or bowed to or surrounded by palace guards.
For two months he has worked as a handyman at an apartment building.
This is where he saw her and for two months he has watched her, wanting
to meet her. Abbie
Barnes noticed the new handyman the day he began working in her building.
There was something about him that made him different from other men.
She began to check her mailbox each day when she knew he would be leaving
for home. That way she could
secretly glimpse at him. Only this
particular day, not only did he speak to her, but he also asked her out.
She declined. After
months of searching for his son, the king sends his chief royal administrator;
Lowell Murae and Davis’ bodyguard, Hiram to bring Davis back home.
They end up at the same restaurant that Abbie and her best friend, Chris
are dining at. Chris is really
putting the moves on Davis, but he only has eyes for Abbie.
This being his last night in America, he convinces Lowell to let him walk
Abbie home unescorted. With them
deep in conversation, a black van appears.
A struggle ensues. Gunshots
are fired and Davis and Abbie wake up on a boat out to sea.
Kidnapped. WOW! Davis’ childhood friend, Kevin Munji has always been jealous of Davis’ birthright. He blames the Beriyihas for his mother’s and radical father’s deaths. He wants the king to admit his involvement in his parents’ death and to recognize the Munjis as the true line to the throne. He wants the Beriyihas to suffer as he has. He hadn’t considered that Davis and Abbie might escape. Now the two, on the run for their lives, are ever cautious of Kevin’s inevitable retaliation. Ms.
Sneed certainly knows the meaning of action and adventure with a heaping scoop
of romance thrown in. She doesn’t
pull you into a sense of stagnation. Her
books hit you at full speed from chapter one.
Her words jump off the page and create images right before your eyes.
You feel as if you’re experiencing every scene in Dolby Digital
Surround Sound. Her talent for
creating incredibly exciting stories is phenomenal. Ms.
Sneed has indubitably made my “buy
these author no matter what they write”
list. She is well on her way to
becoming a first-class romance writer. I’m
thrilled to see that this “new school” author knows the real meaning
of romance. Thank you Ms. Sneed for
staying true to the genre. Once
again I got to be Cinderella and I loved every minute of it.
A ROYAL VOW takes you on a dangerous,
exciting, hilarious journey and you enjoy every bump in the road and every sway
of the boat. Hold onto to your hat,
because you are in for a serious ride. |
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jeanette@romanceincolor.net (29th April 2001) |
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