--- product_id: 157112130 title: "The Reluctant Princess (Her Royal Duty Book 2)" brand: "melissa mcclone" price: "VT1538" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/157112130-the-reluctant-princess-her-royal-duty-book-2 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Reluctant Princess (Her Royal Duty Book 2) **Brand:** melissa mcclone **Price:** VT1538 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Reluctant Princess (Her Royal Duty Book 2) by melissa mcclone - **How much does it cost?** VT1538 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/157112130-the-reluctant-princess-her-royal-duty-book-2) ## Best For - melissa mcclone enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted melissa mcclone brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Reluctant Princess (Her Royal Duty Book 2) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71jHaHPGInL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Where's the chemistry?? *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019* This book SUCKS!! There is absolutely no chemistry between the main characters. Yes is a clean boom but it still needs chemistry and romance, even if the marriage is arranged. The only thing I liked was her being a strong independent woman who refused to conform into something people wanted. Nico couldn't handle being with a strong woman. They also repeated the same thing like 50 million times. We get it you were married as children and she's not who you thought she would be and you want her to change. Then at like 80% the author realised she has to end the book she makes him okay with her being different?? Who goes from you need to change to my idea of a princess to your perfect in half a second? I want my money back. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Not quite the perfect princess, but she was the perfect Isabel." *by H***A on Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2019* This one reminds me some of Rachel Hauck's Princess Ever After, in which the heroine is a small-town American girl who operates a classic auto restoration shop. In Melissa McClone's The Reluctant Princess, Isabel "Izzy" Poussard is a similar grease monkey. You could've bowled Izzy over with a feather when she learns she's the long-missing princess of Vernonia, one of them quaint Balkan kingdoms.All her life, the orphaned Izzy had known hardship and poverty. In Charlotte, North Carolina, she toils away as a car mechanic at Rowdy's One Stop Garage, even as she woolgathers about someday being on a professional pit crew, maybe in NASCAR, maybe Formula 1...Some plot spoilers.Last thing she expects is for a handsome prince to darken her threshold. Not that Niko had a choice -oh, sorry, that's Nikola "Niko" Tomislav Kresimir, the Crown Prince of Vernonia. Niko's family had ruled for eight centuries, but it's not been a peaceful reign. It's only been five years since a bloody civil war rocked Vernonia, and since the ratification of the peace treaty. Today, Niko and his father, King Dmitar, are hell bent on keeping the peace and on modernizing their troubled kingdom.In pursuit of such goals, Niko has entered into an arranged marriage with the beautiful Princess Julianna of Aliestle. As such, Vernonia benefits from the princess' considerable dowry, as well as from trade support from Aliestle.But there's a snag. Tradition dictates that Niko must present his bride with a family heirloom on their wedding day. And Niko's bride box vanished over twenty years ago... only to resurface now in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the unwitting custody of a grease monkey.So, every now and again, I get in a mood for royal-themed literature. It's a dreaded affliction that compels me to read swoony stuff from folks like Rachel Hauck, Aven Ellis, Melanie Summers, Lindsay Emory, and, now, Melissa McClone. I won't say that The Reluctant Princess breaks new ground in this genre. It's just more of the same. But, as in Hallmark movies, it's not about originality as much as it is about the journey and the execution of the story, elements that are competently handled here. I'm all the way on board with Izzy as the protogonist. She is, predictably, highly independent and incredibly opinionated.It doesn't take long before she's making waves over at Vernonia, courtesy of not only her unconventional perspective but, also, of the startling reveal of her lineage. See, all of Vernonia had thought the royal Sachestian bloodline had been extinguished in the civil war, but, nope, here's Izzy, last of her name, breaker of Old World customs, Queen of the Andals, Mother of- sorry, got carried away.Let's just say Izzy's unexpected emergence has stirred up the old ghosts of the civil war. Suddenly, the separatists and the loyalists aren't anymore in complete accord. And Izzy and Niko, prisoners of circumstance, find that their individual desires don't matter a lick when compared to their obligations to a recovering nation abruptly on the brink of yet another bloody conflict.Honestly, whenever I read these royal-themed stories, I don't focus on the romance as much as on the other stuff - because, to me, the romantic bits tend to be the least interesting element. I was crossing my fingers that Izzy's background as a grease monkey would factor into the plot. Color me gratified when the third act does incorporate Izzy's mechanical know-how as a calamity strikes her new home.As for Niko, he was presented as the responsible, well-meaning heir. I didn't think he had much of a personality. And as the story progressed - and as the plot demanded some type of dramatic conflict to divide Izzy and Niko - Niko morphed into a jerk. For someone who espouses modernization for his country, turns out, he harbors old-fashioned ideas about what a princess should be. I did like the twist in the scene in which Izzy, while in the middle of a royal parade, jumps down to fix a car that had broken down. Anyway, the late estrangement that develops between Izzy and Niko comes off contrived and feels jarring.So, Izzy rocks. But Princess Julianna, Niko's original fiancée, is also likable. I love that she befriends Izzy. The author drops hints that Julianna has got her own story stewing in the background. As a matter of fact, you can read more about Julianna's plight in The Not-So-Perfect Princess, the second book in McClone's Her Royal Duty series. Anyway, I'm just waiting for Hallmark to get the rights for The Reluctant Princess. The movie'll probably be out next year. There, I just spoke it into existence. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Republished? *by H***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019* I am super confused. I have a book in my library, same character, almost same plot, my McClone, but it’s not quite the same. The first was published as a Harlequin Romance novel, and it’s shorter than this book. However, it’s literally the same book, just missing two important elements. . . I’m super confused, was this republished? Why would an author completely redo a novel? 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