A
straight-laced princess meets a bad boy is this modern Rapunzel retelling.
INNOCENT PRINCESS by Lauren Helms is full of first love, music, and just a
little illegal hacking. Readers who love road trip romances featuring a
good girl falling for the bad boy will adore this opposites attract, new adult
romance. The next installment of the Modern Princess Collection is now LIVE!
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Zella
This
year is all about discovering who I really am.
A
roadtrip to a place seven hundred miles away, might not seem like much, but to
me it means freedom.
I
set out looking for adventure, I never expected Ryker would help me find it.
Ryker
I'm
no prince charming, but I may just be her knight in shining armor.
First,
captivated by her ridiculously long blonde hair, I soon find out there is so
much more to Zella then her hypnotizing locks.
Turns
out those hacking skills I've been practicing are about to come in handy.
A
straight-laced princess meets a bad boy is this modern fairy-tale retelling
full of first love, music, and just a little illegal hacking.
Excerpt
Copyright
2020 @ Lauren Helms
I tug at my favorite blue T-shirt, slightly embarrassed.
I'm normally on my A-game when it comes to women, and this one seems to be
besting me. "One track mind it seems," I mutter.
"So
it seems. By the looks of it, you were doing something you probably shouldn't
be doing." She looks almost too innocent to trust, so I can't help
flipping the switch on my other skill. A slow grin, one I've been told
countless times is sexy as sin, slides across my face. Cocking my head
slightly, I wink at her. Lowering my voice, just slightly, I say, "How's
your day going?"
She
stares. Her eyebrows pinch together, and she cocks her head slightly. "Did
you just smolder?"
My face
falls, and I feel ... out of place. Am I in an alternate universe? Since when
did my smolder not work on the opposite sex? Not only did it not affect the
pixie, but she also called me out on it. Is my smolder broken?
My
thoughts are interrupted by an amused giggle. "Let me guess, that usually
works on the ladies?"
"Yeah,
I think I might be broken." I can't keep the pout out of my tone.
More
giggles from Blondie.
"How
about you try introducing yourself? Maybe I have to get to know you before the
smolder is effective on me."
Uh, maybe
she's right. I'm going to have to work my magic later on some random chick to
ensure I haven't lost my smolder mojo.
Shaking
off the confusion, I get my head back into the game. "Hi, I'm Ryker
Stone."
Review: In this modern day retelling of Rapunzel you have Zella and Ryker a very unlikely pair.
File this one under new adult. I am not usually into this genre, because I'm 46 and I stopped relating to young 20 somethings when I was a young twentysomething, but this book was really sweet.
Zella is 3rd year college student with an over protective mother. Ryker is a hacker at the same fictional university, Camelot U. I have to admit I love the college setting.
The budding romance between the two that progresses as Ryker takes her to meet her birth parents is sweet and charming. He's a bad boy turning good. Their trip to meet her parents is quite an adventure and she gets to do a few of her bucket list items. Though why a girl under 21 has a bucket list remains to be seen.
I think because this was a sweet romance, I liked it even more. I think smoking hot sex would have spoiled the story. I'm not saying there wasn't any sex, but it wasn't all about sex.
Their romance was fun and this was a quick easy read that I didn't want to put down. Lauren Helms is fast becoming one of my favorite authors.
Rating: 5 flowers
About
Lauren
Lauren
Helms has forever been an avid reader from the beginning. After starting a book
review website, that catapulted her fully into the book world, she knew that
something was missing. Lauren decided to take the plunge and write her first
novel. While working for a video game strategy guide publisher, she decided to
mix what she knew best--video games and romance. She decided to take the plunge
and joined NaNoWrimo and a month later, she had her first draft.
About
the Modern Princess Collection
Once upon a kiss, a modern romance becomes a
fairytale.
The
prestigious Camelot University comes fully equipped with elitist guys, a
castle, and a Glass Ball, but these self-proclaimed princesses don’t need
crowns to prove their worth. They’ve taken love and life into their own hands
and written their own fairytale.
Follow
seven of your favorite fairytale heroines as they find their happily ever
after, in these standalone,
contemporary romance novels. The ladies of Cam U are a dangerous combination of
cute and badass, full of attitude and imperfections, and an innocence only
fairytales can convey.
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