Hester Browne

London gardener Amy Wilde falls for a stranger she meets at a friend's party and is astonished to learn he is a prince, a situation that leads to a scandalous engagement and Amy's doubts about whether she will enjoy life as a royal.

The Runaway Princess

Quinn Fox

I picked up this book on a whim as I needed a book to read, and quickly too. This one seemed to catch my attention and I'm so glad it did. The beginning was a little slow and took me awhile to read, but after a few chapters it really seemed to pick up and I read through the rest of it in a day. I enjoyed how Hester Browne wrote about Amy (the protagonist) trying to balance both her garden job and her "new life", as it was very much relatable. I also enjoyed the romance and humor in the story. Overall it was a very good quick read that I would highly recommend to most anyone.

The Princess Diaries meets Runaway Bride in this wonderful novel about a London career girl who embarks on a whirlwind romance with a mysterious man—only to discover that he’s a prince. If Amy Wilde’s new boyfriend, Leo, treats her like a queen, that’s because he’s secretly a prince himself: Leopold William Victor Wolfsburg of Nirona, the ninth most eligible royal bachelor in the world. Amy soon discovers that dating an heir to a throne has many charms—intimate alfresco dinners, glittering galas, and, for a girl who lives in jeans and wellies, a dazzling new wardrobe with tiaras to match. But there are also drawbacks: imagine the anxiety of meeting your boyfriend’s parents multiplied by a factor of “riding in a private jet,” “staying in a castle,” and “discussing the line of succession over lunch.” Not to mention the sudden press interest in your very un-royal family. When an unexpected turn of events pushes Leo closer to the throne, the Wolfsburgs decide to step up Amy’s transformation from down-to-earth gardener to perfectly polished princess-in-waiting. Amy would do anything for Leo, but is finding her Prince Charming worth the price of losing herself?

Helen Borham

Melanie Knight

Amy Wilde is tired of the idiots her glamorous flatmate Jo tries to set her up with - she'd much rather be landscaping a garden with her dog Badger at her side than trying to find the man of her dreams. That is, until she meets Leo Wolfsburg. Handsome, polite, funny, intriguing - Leo is everything Amy could want in a man. Best of all, the attraction seems mutual. But Leo's lifestyle is a world away from her own. Private planes, charity balls, exclusive members' clubs - Amy begins to realise that her simple existence has been turned upside down. And just where is Leo's home country of Nirona, anyway? Is this all too good to be true?

The Runaway Princess

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