She’s lost her memory. He’s lost his heart. Can they find their happily ever after in the past?Lexi has wasted her entire college career researching a dead-end. Her thesis on the sixteenth-century Durham queen, Alexandra, is going nowhere. How can she defend her doctoral dissertation if she can’t even figure out where the queen was born? When she meets Nancy, Lexi doesn’t think much of it—until … much of it—until she wakes up in the past without her memory.
King Richard’s only goal is to keep Durham from war with Galia, even if it means marrying their princess whom he’s never met. When his advisers bring news that the princess’s ship was attacked, Richard is devastated—until he finds a beautiful girl washed up on shore and assumes she’s the missing royal. Lexi has no memory of her past, but Richard’s advisers urge him to press forward with wedding plans.
As Lexi grows more and more enamored with the kind-hearted king, memories of her past have her questioning her present—until another Galian princess arrives in Durham to take her deceased sister’s place as queen. Will Lexi fight to stay in the past with Richard, or will she be forced to return to the future without him?
This bite-sized heartwarming romance is sweet and clean, with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed HEA. This book can be read as a stand-alone. It was previously published as The Pretend Princess as part of the Book Club Series.
Read all the books in the Royal Secrets Series!
Royal Secrets Series:
– Taming the Prince by Lindzee Armstrong
– Dating the Prince by Lindzee Armstrong
– Winning Back the Princess by Lindzee Armstrong
– Marrying the King by Lindzee Armstrong
– Dancing with the Prince by Laura D. Bastian
– Forgetting the Prince by Laura D. Bastian
– Rejecting the Prince by Laura D. Bastian
– Serving the Prince by Lucinda Whitney
– Rescuing the Prince by Lucinda Whitney
– Protecting the Princess by Lucinda Whitney (coming soon!)
No Match for Love Series:
1. Miss Match
2. Not Your Match
3. Mix ‘N Match
4. Meet Your Match
5. Strike a Match
6. Mistletoe Match
7. Match Me if You Can
8. Match Me by Christmas
9. Never Say Match
10. Match Me Again
11. Mistakenly Matched
12. My Fake Match
12. Matched by Design (coming 2020)
Kiss Me Series
1. Kiss Me in the Moonlight
2. Kiss Me in the Rain
3. Kiss Me in a Blizzard (coming 2020)
Chasing Tomorrow Series
1. Chasing Someday
2. Tomorrow’s Lullaby
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Marrying the King is a time travel romance. This book has murderous pirates, mistaken identity, nefarious plotting and more. I am not normally a fan of stories in the 16th century (or of time travel), but this one grabbed my interest immediately and I had to finish it right then. King Richard and Lexi were great characters. The well written plot moves along at a steady pace. Will Lexi discover why so little is known about Richard’s Queen? You have to read this book to find out!
Very weak story. The king was a weak character
Loved the time travel with all of the twists
One must always acknowledge a writer’s achievements. Enjoyment of this novel however was not possible. It was plodding wordy tale of nonsense.
Light reading.
Felt more like A short simple cute story.
Has potential as a much more complex interesting story. Wasn’t enough to form real attachments to the charecters- and I usually do that quickly… left a taste of “more” in the depth espect.
We really enjoyed Lindzee’s No Match for Love Series, so picking up this was an easy choice. The story is fun, if a little rushed. Lindzee handles the time travel and amnesia in unique way, giving the story a more youthful fanciful feel.
Though the characters are sweet with good back stories, they lack depth. If you keep in mind that the story is short, it can be an entertaining quick read. However it could be an excellent story had the development not be rushed.
A little bit different. Not steamy. An entertaining read and I may try some more of her books.
The love story was beautiful.
I previously read this when it was titled The Pretend Princess: A Lindzee’s Royal Secrets Romance and was part of a multi-author series. It’s now part of the author’s Royal Secrets series and has been reworked a little bit. I listened to the audiobook this afternoon.
Lexi has hit a dead-end in her research for 16th century Queen Alexandra, and the outline for her dissertation is due in a month! After her book club meeting Lexi has a conversation with a new book club member, who tells her she needs a vacation where she can meet a handsome young man. Lexi jokes “Can you make him a king? I’d love to ask King Richard about his bride.” Suddenly the world is spinning and Lexi’s gasping for air but taking in salt water! Then she’s found unconscious on the beach in Durham by King Richard with no memory of her past, where she’s from or how she got to the place she was found.
King Richard wants to avoid going to war with Galia. He’s agreed to marry a princess he’s never met to help unite the two countries. When word arrives that pirates attacked the ship carrying his soon-to-be-bride, he’s not sure how he’s going to keep her father, Galia’s King Philip, from attacking Durham. Out for a ride to clear his head Richard finds Lexi washed up on the shore dressed in the finery of a princess and with a pendant bearing the the Galian royal crest. He assumes it’s Princess Alexis because of the Galian royal crest.
Things get complicated when the deceased princess’ sister arrives to marry King Richard in the place of her sister who died at the hands of the pirates. Everyone assumes she’ll be overjoyed to find out her sister didn’t die, but Lexi isn’t her sister! How can Lexi and Richard find a way to be together without causing Galia and Durham to go to war?
I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say I liked Lexi and Richard together. They’re both great characters and had immediate chemistry. Since I also read the author’s Royal Secrets series it was nice to get a little background on the countries of Durham and Galia, but you definitely don’t have to read that series to enjoy this book. It was funny when Lexi used modern words and had to try to explain them.
This was a fun read. It can be read in an afternoon so if you’re looking for a short sweet romance with royals with some time travel thrown into the mix you’ll enjoy this latest book in the Royal Secrets series. This is a clean romance with just kissing.
Overall Rating: 4.5 stars
Story Rating: 4.5 stars
Narrator-Azalea Blau: 5 stars
What I liked about this book:
• I always like a time travel romance and this was a fun one with some intrigue.
• This was a romance between Lexie, from the future, and King Richard, from the past, who were very kind people with admirable qualities. Their romance was enjoyable.
• The descriptions of locations and emotions were well done, easy to visualize, and to feel. I felt a part of the scenes.
• The pacing of the story was neither too slow nor too fast.
• There was a smooth, coherent flow to this book. The author’s writing style was concise and clear.
• This story had a satisfying ending.
• This novel was a clean read and I appreciate that.
• The narrator did an excellent job and brought this story to life and gave me many hours of listening enjoyment.
At my request, I was given a free copy of this audiobook from the author. I have voluntarily left my review and my opinions were my own.
This is a time travel story that I didn’t realize at the beginning. It has mystery along with love. The ending is very different but I loved it.