Meanwhile, Nina and Daphne unexpectedly join forces as a common rival threatens to ruin their futures. While I’d say that book #2, Majesty, leaves in a characters in a fairly good place, Rivals, the third installment, heightens the tension and drama as Beatrice leads an international conference in Orange, the home territory of her sister, Samantha’s boyfriend. Picture Princess Diaries meets YA contemporary goodness in this series following the Washington family, aka the monarchs of America.

I don’t’ read too many series nowadays, but if there’s one YA series that I MUST pick up as soon as the next book comes out, it’s Katharine McGee’s American Royals series. Can these enemies join forces, or will old rivalries stand in the way? Now they have something in common: they both want to take down manipulative Lady Gabriella Madison. Nina and Daphne have spent years competing for Prince Jefferson. When she meets a glamorous foreign princess, she gets drawn into the inner circle…but at what cost? Is Sam destined to repeat her string of broken relationships…and this time will the broken heart be her own?īeatrice is representing America at the greatest convocation of kings and queens in the world.

Princess Samantha is in love with Lord Marshall Davis-but the more serious they get, the more complicated things become. Summary (from the publisher): The third book in the New York Times bestselling American Royals series is here, and a meeting of monarchs will test everyone’s loyalty to the crown…and their own hearts.īeatrice is queen, and for the American royal family, everything is about to change.

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