2023/114: The Princess Trap — Talia Hibbert

2023/114: The Princess Trap — Talia Hibbert

This was probably the fastest he’d ever fucked something up. Dragging Cherry into his life felt like dragging a princess off to his lair. He was almost certainly the dragon in this fairytale. [p. 99]

Cherry Neita is thirty years old, has a decent job, is proud of the way she looks (she's Black, tall and extremely curvy) and really can't be bothered with relationships. When she meets Ruben Ambjørn -- well, when she barges into his meeting with her colleague -- she's impressed by his good looks and general demeanour. (Ruben's first thought is 'I have to have her'.) They go on a date; things get a bit heated in an alleyway; the paparazzi show up; and Cherry finds herself fake-engaged to a minor European royal with a chequered past and some major hangups.

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