A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen

 

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen - 3.5 Stars (Book 2 in Her Royal Spyness Series)

This series is always a fun time. While some of the sexual innuendos can be a bit much for me at times from her friend Belinda, I still recommend this as a fun British mystery series! Honestly, what Belinda is saying does usually make me laugh but I would just rather not have those bits at times. 

In this one, Lady Georgiana, 34th in line to the throne, has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest....even though the Queen of England has requested for her to entertain her for a week. Someone ends up murdered in a bookshop, among other murder mysteries taking place in this story, and all eyes point to Georgiana and her new houseguest. 

This one was so much fun and I look forward to the next one. The pacing can be a bit slow sometimes, but it's always fun to sit with our characters throughout the story and see what they get up to and what commentary they provide.

Content: There is a scene involving attempted sexual assault in this but it was brief toward the end. Again, like I said there is some sexual innuendos sometimes but it overall doesn't kill the story when they are mentioned. Just like to mention this so others are aware and can make their own decision to read these or not. I don't think it's over the top honestly, just sometimes annoying and would rather it not be there.

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6324777046
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Masked Ball at Broxley Manor by Rhys Bowen

                                         

                                    Masked Ball at Broxley Manor by Rhys Bowen - 3 Stars

This is a prequel to Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen - I have read book 1 and didn't realize there was a prequel novella so I decided to check this out as a quick read.

This is a quick audiobook listen featuring Lady Georgina, our main character in the Her Royal Spyness series. Great narrator and gives a lot of background to Lady Georgina's family. She is 34th in line to the throne and we see her high society lifestyle in this one. Everyone wants her to get married already and she ends up going to a masked ball at Broxly Manor. Her family doesn't understand why she was invited but she ends up going anyway.

At the masked ball, she dances with a prince and finds herself attracted to him. But when it's time to unmask, he is gone. She is curious about who this man is....and what is really going on at Broxley Manor.

Overall, a good prequel to get started with the series and introduce you to the main characters.