Flicka won’t allow herself to be terrified.She’s on the run from her cheating, soon-to-be ex-husband Prince Pierre and his Secret Service, and she doesn’t have a passport, credit cards, or money. She needs to get to Paris to talk to her lawyers about divorcing that bastard.The only thing standing between her and the cheating prince is Dieter Schwarz, her bodyguard, her protector, and her ex-lover. her protector, and her ex-lover. He’s six feet, four inches of sarcasm, dark humor, and rock-hard muscle. A former Swiss mercenary, now he owns and operates Rogue Security—a band of former special operations soldiers, SEALs, hackers, and spies—which will take any dirty covert operation for the right price.
But the Secret Service is tracking her, and even Dieter and the Rogues might not be able to keep her safe from her ex.
And once again, she’s falling in love with Dieter, which might be the most dangerous thing of all.
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Blair Babylong is a machine !! She cranks them.out 1 after another, and what I love most is how exciting and adventurous and adorable they all are !! Every single time I re-re-re-re-re-Read them, and I DO! I always find something I missed. Like she has all these little tidbits just for U 2 find . All of her characters have so many facets so that every time U look from a different way, U see something even MORE exciting. Sometimes scarey, sometimes sad, but Always interesting !! Once U pick up just 1 of her books…..U will absolutely NEED the rest !!!
Hot anticipation for the next book, is how this story left me. Much of the back story is here between the two main characters, along with plenty of steam, heartbreak, intrigue and action. This second book is a must read, but don’t start it without reading the first. Such a good read! Blair rocks!
ARC
If you’ve read the highly recommended Beach Read ‘Once Upon A Time’, this is it’s sequel!! A perfect Breach Read sequel it makes too!!!
Well, the ARC landed in my e-reader on my birthday, of all days, I couldn’t have asked for a better day for it’s arrival!! Thank you I waited for my purchased copy to arrive, today 8th May, to start & complete a re-read & write my review
Book 2 ‘In Shining Armor’, takes us back to Dieter’s Hotel room. It’s the morning after Flicka escaped from Pierre, to Dieter’s room & safety. It goes into more detail, explaining how he gets Flicka away from Montreux, Switzerland to Paris, France!!
It also goes into more depth about their friendship from when she was a child, as she continued to grow up & then into the year long relationship Dieter & Flicka had in London 2 years prior. This was fascinating & I think imperative for us readers!! It explained an awful lot that many of us ‘super fans’ weren’t sure about. Of course it’s written by Blair so we’re still left with a billion more questions unanswered I have to say about this part, they were smoking hot together!!! Excellent job Blair, keep getting inspiration where ever you find it
When the story came back to the ‘present’ it was full of tension & the constant potential for disaster & danger at any moment was palpable!! Fingernails were bitten to stubs
I’m trying not to include spoilers as I HATE them in reviews but it’s SO hard!!! There’s was so much information included or teased. Ok some we may have guessed at, other bits we thought were possibilities but this is the most Wiley Author I know & I don’t trust ANYTHING until I’ve read it in the book & that Series is fully complete She’s a demon for putting twists in her story’s & as this is a Fairy Tale I’m anticipating bigger twists than ever I mean she flat out fibbed (a nice way of saying lied/wriggled out of/disembled etc) for FOUR years about the storyline for book 1 #Genius
This installment of Runaway Billionaire’s, In Shining Armor, Flicka #2 is, in a word, BRILLIANT!!! We get to learn so much more about Dieter & his past. His fears & his love for two beautiful blondes We also see Flicka being as vulnerable as she is capable of right now. Her training as a Royal, that deep seated strength, is what’s holding her together at the moment, well that and her burning fury!!!
I think certain people need to run & hide once our beautiful Princess gets through this awful time. Once she’s pulled herself together she is going to burn Pierre’s world to the ground!!! That’s my hope anyway!!
Another unmissable read, thank you Especially for the ‘wandering shlong’
Debbie, 1970, UK
Audio Review: In Shining Armor: Billionaires in Disguise: Flicka (Runaway Princess Bride, #2) by Blair Babylon, Narrated by Jason Clarke & Lucy Rivers
Escape in a story forever keeps you guessing. Babylon keeps emotions on edge with an unpredictable story of love, hate and heartache. In Shining Armor continues it’s intriguingly suspenseful tangle with danger even as your falling in love. Flicka and Dieter walk a precarious line between life and that death that pulls you along for the ride. A suspenseful seduction that will keep a heart racing all the way through.
4.5 star Review In Shining Armour: Billionaires In Disguise: Flicka (Runaway Princess #2) by Blair Babylon
AUDIO REVIEW:
This is the second book in the series and if you have not read or listened to Once Upon A Time, then you need to STOP and listen. The story continues and we get more of a back story of the history of Flicka von Hannover and Dieter Schwarz. Again narrated by Jason Clarke and Lucy Rivers, they did a good job with their narration and their voices are easy to listen too.
There are twists and turns within this story and the deceit by Flicka’s husband Prince Pierre Grimaldi comes to light, although this gives Flicka and Dieter the opportunity to re connect on a deeply personal level.
This book ends in a cliff hanger, so you have been warned. I cannot wait to listen to the next book. There is so much more to all of these characters and I cannot wait to discover the secrets that Dieter has spent his life hiding.
Will Pierre’s secret service find them before they can escape and drag Flicka back to her evil ex? Or will Dieter be able to keep her safe?
I have been so excited about Flicka’s story and with this next installment of it I was not disappointed. I enjoyed getting the background on her and Dieter’s relationship as to how it formed as well as how she ended up with Pierre in the end. I am also intrigued as to see what the story is behind Dieter as well since that part of the story left me hanging! With the cliff hangers getting to the end may kill me with anticipation but so far (and nor have I ever been) disappointed in one of Blair’s stories. I can’t wait for the next installment and a few more pieces to the puzzle of Dieter as well as to what will happen next with Flicka.
I really enjoyed this book, in my opinion this was definitely better than Once Upon a Time. In Shining Armor filled in a lot of backstory on Flicka and Dieter. With Dieter there is still secrets about him I’m sure will come to light in future stories. Blair Babylon kept me on the edge of my seat wondering when Pierre was coming to get Flicka. I believe there is a lot of action to come, I personally can’t wait to see where Flicka and Dieter’s story goes.
I enjoyed this book so much that I had to order the other 3 in the services so that I could see how the plot concluded! Recommend!!
Edited 3/15/21 to add my comments on the audiobook.
Audiobook review:
Overall – 5
Performance – 5
Story – 5
This is a great series; I’m loving the audiobooks!
Lucy Rivers and Jason Clarke continue to do a fantastic job performing the books in this series. I can’t wait to listen to the next one!
Original review below:
In Shining Armor is book two of the Runaway Princess series and it picks up where book one left off, the aftermath of Flicka’s encounter with her horrible, soon-to-be ex-husband. She awakens hurting all over and it takes her a bit to remember what happened. While Blair Babylon does a pretty good job of recapping some of the things from Once Upon a Time you really need to read it first.
Dieter is working to arrange things so that they can get out of the country; no small feat since Flicka doesn’t have her passport. We also learn a bit more about Dieter in this one; he’s not exactly who he says he is.
Dieter would die to protect Flicka but it still hurts him to be lying to his best friend, Wulf, who is also Flick’s brother. He must lie because there is too much danger for Flicka if others know where she is; her ex-husband has said he will kill her if she won’t come back and live with him in Monaco.
This book is an adventure ride as well as a continuation of the love story between Flicka and Dieter. How they get out of the country, and then how they nearly don’t elude the bad guys, kept me on the edge of my seat during much of the story.
This is another wonderful story by Blair Babylon and I can’t wait for the next part to come out next month. The teaser for In A Faraway Land found at the end of In Shining Armor was the worst kind of teaser and made me want the next book even more than I already did.
As I said in my review of book one, I’m not a fan of cliffhangers. However, Blair Babylon’s writing is brilliant and she has never failed to publish the conclusion to a series once it has started. She also doesn’t take what should be one book and chop it into parts. Book one was over 300 pages long and this one is over 200.
I have no doubt that book three will be just as satisfying as the first two. This is one of those series that I can’t wait to know the end and yet I know I won’t want it to end. It’s a good thing that Blair already has several other stories planned out.
While I received an advanced copy of this book so that I could leave a review on release day, I also purchased a copy and my review was not influenced by the author.
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Currently reading book 3. Although I loved the books I’m waiting for this to be concluded
My only criticism is that the back story felt like it was just dumped into this book. After the first book, I was desperate for the back story. I just think it could have been woven in a little better. I absolutely love this whole series, though!
THIS BOOK is AMAZING!!! I LOVED EVERY minute of it and I CAN’T WAIT for the next book!!! Ever since we first met Flicka we knew that her story would be epic and Ms. Babylon has NOT disappointed us!! This book started right where we ended in the first book and once we started Flicka and Dieter were off to the races. I LOVE how their love story is being written! I highly recommend reading this book and EVERY other AMAZING BOOK in this series. Ms. Babylon truly has a gift for writing characters and stories that are BEAUTIFUL!! I was given an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
I cannot get enough of these characters and the complications that are their lives. They become more human with each story this author tells, and become more reachable with each line she writes. This is no less the case with Flicka and Dieter. She has finally escaped the clutches of the Prince who would keep her locked away in his fortress to bear his heirs at whatever cost with the help of her bodyguard and ex-lover, mercenary Dieter Schwarz. But, getting to a place where she is able to divorce and be safe from the man who showed his true colors after they took their final vows is no easy task. Dieter uses every weapon in his arsenal to aid in her rescue because it is not only his duty to his best friend, her brother Wulf, but his feelings for her have never subsided.
This is the third book in the Runaway Princess series, and in this one we learn what brought these two unlikely allies together in the first place, how they met and what brought them to a place where she would marry someone else and he would walk away from the one who captured his heart. As this installment draws to a close, it leaves us in a precarious position of knowing there are secrets yet to be revealed and that those secrets could mean the end to more than just Flicka’s freedom. They could put both of them in a danger for which neither of them is prepared.
These characters couldn’t be more different and more alike. The author has knowledge of history and details of European government that would take the average American serious amounts of time to weed through. The important details of not just European government but the histories is the backbone to the reasoning for every step forward these characters take. She takes us on a wicked, steamy and frightening ride that leaves us out of breath, wishing it hadn’t ended yet, and waiting in line, ready to get back on. I absolutely preordered the next volume in the series, and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
Great second book in this new series!
The second book of the Flicka series is a must read. Blair’s way with words has you captivated from the beginning of the book and takes you into the alternative universe with Flicka and Dieter. If you want to have a fun book to read this is the one (well one series because you will want to read them all :)!
This book was a first for me. Normally I get a book and I devour it, reading an entire book in one single sitting. When I first learned that Flicka and Dieter would be getting their stories– not separately, but falling in love to each other- I was beyond thrilled! I could not imagine partners more perfectly suited for one another than these two. When “In Shining Armor”, the second book in the series, was released I vowed that I, for once, would be a different reader. It took me 4 days to read a book that normally would have taken me a matter of hours. I thoroughly read every chapter savoring each individual word. Author Blair Babylon knows how to entice her readers with vivid detail, tales of sensual love making, intelligent yet at times witty conversation…. this book drew me in and forced me to slow down so that I could truly cherish reading Flicka and Dieter’s story. Despite my attempts to drag out reading their story, I eventually came to the end of Book 2 leaving me impatient for the release of the next installment. I am horrible at delayed gratification. I sure hope that Book 3 gets released ASAP! I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Read Copy of this book, LOVED it so much, I bought a copy for myself.
I recommend this book and series for the perfect beach, summer read!
Book 2 for one of my favorite couples from this author. Dieter must continue to protect Flicka, but for a different reason now. He must lie to his best friend, former boss, and Flicka’s brother. Now it’s cloak-and-dagger time, the stakes for both of them are rising. Dieter’s hidden his past very well, but now it’s catching up to him. Can he keep them both safe and hidden while Flicka tries to break free of the prince and his goons?
In Shining Armor is the continuation of Flicka’s story. In this book, we learn more about Pierre’s betrayal and the secret life he has been living. We become disgusted by his treatment of Flicka and his motives for marrying her, and we root for her as she runs away from her hellish marriage. We also learn about the passionate and all-consuming affair between Flicka and Dieter; and, we start to hear whispers about the child Dieter once was.
In Shining Armor is truly an addictive, heart-wrenching love story of two people who can’t be together; or, can they?
And now as I wait for the release of In a Far Away Land, I am patiently plotting revenge on Pierre and his despicable Guards.
The author picks up right where book one left us. Flicka is still on the run, and things are heating up in many ways literally. Dieter oh my Dieter has become my number one hero. Flicka has some hope for an annulment and then poof. Pierre’ men are closing in and then bang. Oh, yea things are going down, and it’s Dieter driving the train wreck that is bound to happen. Alas not in this story we have a cliffhanger, and I am so looking forward to what will happen.
This book gives us much more backstory into Dieter who has always clung in the shadows although I still want to know so much more. And what is Wulf gonna do when he finds everything out? Well, we must wait till then, grab this book you don’t want to miss a thing.
Omygahd omygahd omygahd!!!
I’m at the edge of my seat the entire time while reading this story. The thrill, the chase, and the passion of a secret love affair – they’re enough to lose sleep over. The sister of one of my favorite heroes has a juicy story to tell! And now, she has several group of people trying to find her!
Dieter and Flicka will give you that heart-pumping thrill, the swoon-inducing passion, the tear-jerking choices, and most importantly, it will give you one of the best love story you’ll ever read!!!