

One-and-a-half centuries later everyone in Alaska, from the king down, is speaking in colloquial English. The Russian residents declare unilateral independence and set up their own kingdom. turns down Russia’s bargain offer of Alaska. The alternative history premise is childish in execution. … ( more)Īn hour after casting aside this book in exasperation, I still can’t understand how the author of the brilliant and hilarious could have squeezed out this mechanical, monotonous, and embarassingly unfunny lemon. In this dazzling, delightfully wacky tale from MaryJanice Davidson, a tough commoner and a royal prince are about to discover that who they truly are.and what they desperately desire.may both be closer than they ever dreamed. Becoming a princess is a lot harder than it looks. Must not keep thinking about Prince David's amazing eyes, lips, hands, shoulders, uh.wait, can I start over? 4. Must learn to curtsy, stifle burps, and tell the difference between a salad fork and a fruit knife. Telling jokes you picked up from the guys on the fishing boat doesn't go over really well at a fancy ball. The Royal Treatment The Princess-To-Be Primer, Or, Things I've Learned Really Quick, As Compiled by Her Future Royal Highness-Yeah, Whatever-Christina. But they have no idea what they're in for when they offer the job to a feisty commoner.a girl who's going to need. Instead, Alaska is a rough, beautiful country ruled by a famously eccentric royal family, and urgently in need of a bride for the Crown Prince.

Contains mature themes.In a world nearly identical to ours, the North won the Civil War, Ben Affleck is the sexiest man alive, and Russia never sold Alaska to the U.S. Of course, it involves getting very, very tired beforehand, but if she's up to it, then so is he. And he has an idea to help her get some much-needed sleep. Rivers can see that this fantastic, exasperating woman has problems no princess should ever have to deal with.


Which leaves him with one option: to kiss her again. She's not even apologetic about being born into a royal family! Says it's his problem to overcome, not hers. Now here's Miss Royalpants, insisting that he escort her around the marine institute, explain what he's doing, kiss her until her toes curl. His boss is taken with the royal redhead, and nobody realizes that he just wants to be left alone in his lab. Some princess expects him to wait on her, hand and dimpled foot. Shel ("Never Sheldon") Rivers has a problem. Alaska is a rough, beautiful country ruled by a famously eccentric royal family, including oldest daughter, Princess Alexandria, whose acid wit and bad case of insomnia have turned her into a tabloid darling, a palace problem, and overall.
