Title: The Night the King Claimed Her
Author: Natalie Anderson
Published: July 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Harlequin Presents, Mills & Boon Modern

Blurb:

A king, his Cinderella and the night they gave in to their passion... USA TODAY bestselling author Natalie Anderson captivates with this royal romance.

The king’s forbidden innocent...

For just twenty-four hours! 

When Elsie Wynter is stranded in Silvabon, she dreads seeing arrogant King Felipe. He knows far too much about the scandalous secrets in her past, yet her attraction to him returns with a dangerous intensity...

Felipe has vowed to be the last to wear his kingdom’s heavy crown. He’ll take no queen and sire no heirs. But with tantalizing Elsie back in the palace for one night only, he can think of nothing but finally claiming her... What will Felipe do when their unique fire demands more?

My Review:

This is a wonderful blooming-love in mere twenty-four hours from Natalie Anderson and I quite loved it. I loved how Natalie Anderson cleverly wrote the plot from the present to the past and to the present until it reached the coronation of Felipe. Everything began when Amalia, Felipe’s stepsister often visits a cafe where Elsie works, and it frightens Felipe, because he is so overprotective mainly because of his parents’ scandal in the palace. Despite their age gap, Amalia adores Elsie as they share music and Elsie plays mandolin for her therefore Felipe invites Elsie to the palace to teach Amalia.

I felt deep empathy for Elsie, a nomadic innocent who travel after travel when people commence figuring out who she is and judging her nonetheless she copes with the predicament. She is brave, strong and independent. Felipe and Elsie have misunderstanding after their first encounter thus when Felipe finds Elsie before his coronation, he determinedly brings her to the palace again and their sexual attraction apparently has yet to disappear.

The splendid medieval palace has its appeal for me as I was taken into lots of secret paths and labyrinths, furthermore how the rite of the coronation caught my imagination of Felipe being a king. The book is deliciously packed with emotional affairs and entertaining romance. Thank you, Natalie Anderson, for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

USA TODAY bestselling author Natalie Anderson writes emotional contemporary romance full of sparkling banter, sizzling heat and uplifting endings – perfect for readers who love to escape with empowered heroines and arrogant alphas who are too sexy for their own good. When she’s not writing, you’ll find Natalie wrangling her four children, three cats, two goldfish and one dog ... and snuggled in heap on the sofa with her husband at the end of the day. Follow her at https://natalie-anderson.com/ or her Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/authornatalieanderson/