The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

The Heir Affair (The Royal We, #2)

by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Making it up the aisle was the easy part: Rebecca "Bex" Porter must survive her own scandals and adjust to royal British life in this "timely and positively delicious" follow-up to The Royal We that's "just as fun, charming, and delightful as the first" (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
 

After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca "Bex" Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world's judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance.

But when a crisis forces the new Duke and Duchess back to London, the Band-Aid they'd placed over their problems starts to peel at the edges. Now, as old family secrets and new ones threaten to derail her new royal life, Bex has to face the emotional wreckage she and Nick left behind: with the Queen, with the world, and with Nick's brother Freddie, whose sins may not be so easily forgotten -- nor forgiven.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

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Rating: 4.5 Stars

Can I just say, it was GREAT to be back in the world of The Royal We. This book picked up shortly after the Royal Wedding disaster with Nick, Bex, and the other royals all dealing with the fallout, and the story continued through their first two years as husband and wife. Let's just say, as expected, these years were anything but uneventful.

I felt like most of this book was Rebecca and Nick trying to make their comeback, to reestablish themselves in the public eye after their fall from grace. While they were trying to restore the shine to their image, they were also attempting to mend the cracks in their own relationship, as well as the rift between them and Freddie. There were quite a few emotional moments for me. I mean, my heart actually ached at times, but there was also a lot of humor and antics to balance out all the drama.

I must admit, as much as the Queen irked me, I grew to love her. She and Rebecca developed an interesting and somewhat warm relationship over the course of this book, and there were some laugh out loud moments shared between the two. A sub-plot regarding a HUGE bombshell helped me understand the queen a little better, and HOLY DRAMA BATMAN! I am not exaggerating, when I call it a bombshell.

THE HEIR AFFAIR was packed with delicious drama, family secrets, and even some tragedy, but at its heart it was about family and forgiveness. The highs and lows had my emotions all over the place, and I found myself fully consumed by it all. It was a pleasure to return to this world, and maybe we will get a Freddie centric book.

*ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

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