How to Catch a Queen

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Call Number: Romance / Cole, Alyssa, Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Cole, Alyssa
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Romance / Cole, Alyssa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Cole, Alyssa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Cole, Alyssa	4-week checkout	Due 05-02-2024

Includes an excerpt from the author's When no one is watching (pages 355-371)
"When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it's nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong. A king must rule with an iron fist, and newly crowned King Sanyu was born perfectly fitted for the gauntlet, even if he wishes he weren't. He agrees to take a wife as is required of him, though he doesn't expect to actually fall in love. Even more vexing? His beguiling new queen seems to have the answers to his country's problems--except no one will listen to her. By day, they lead separate lives. By night, she wears the crown, and he bows to her demands in matters of politics and passion. When turmoil erupts in their kingdom and their marriage, Shanti goes on the run, and Sanyu must learn whether he has what it takes both to lead his people and to catch his queen."--Provided by publisher.

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Politics over passion submitted by mowjac on January 26, 2021, 3:30pm This is a new series built off Cole's "Reluctant Royals" books. The characters from the others series appear briefly and are the most humorous moments in the novel. I found this a pretty intense read, with a male lead in an abusive relationship with the older generation and the female lead assisting him in breaking free from the verbal and emotional abuse. The world building and political set ups ring true to life and weigh down any romance in the story. I found the resolution hopeful and feminist, just very tough to get there.