Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

 

Royal Holiday 

by Jasmine Guillory

Synopsis:

Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie’s work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can’t refuse. She’s excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn’t expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain private secretary, his charming accent, and unyielding formality.

Malcolm Hudson has worked for the Queen for years and has never given a personal, private tour—until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling.

Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy affair come New Year’s Day. . .or are they? 

 

My Thoughts:

This was my first Jasmine Guillory novel and I wasn’t really sure what to expect, at least not entirely.  I was lucky in that I had a chance to read an excerpt of The Wedding Date and even though I haven’t read that full book, it gave me a pretty good idea as to what I might find in Jasmine’s books. Witty banter. Relatable characters. A fun time!

It was extremely refreshing to read a story from another’s perspective. Just little things that different people of different walks of life deal with for the day today. I felt like though Vivian was a mother of an adult child already, she was still a little too old for me. I actually haven’t read that many stories where the mc is more than 5 years older than myself and I’m 34. Hopefully, I will read more like this and it won’t seem strange at some point.  I really did enjoy Vivian’s honestly both with Malcolm and herself. I loved watching her character grow but even more, I enjoyed watching Malcolm grow both with his family and with Vivian. The last two things I wasn’t necessarily expecting and didn’t care too much for were the sex scenes and the foul language in the book. I am no saint by any means, but I’m just not a fan of specific curse words or terms for the body part. Yeah, I’m a clean romance kind of gal.

I thoroughly enjoyed this international affair and am excited to read more of Jasmine’s books!