A Royal Entanglement: The Young Royals Book 2
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On the day of the new Queen’s coronation, a man from Lady Alexandra’s past turns up unannounced in Merveille.
Lord Frédéric intercepts him and discovers that Alex had left this man at the altar six months ago and now he was here to claim her.
Alex hasn’t told anyone the real reason she left everything she had worked so hard for in the States to move to Merveille and take up the position of Queen Alyssa’s personal assistant.
But now the main reason for her flight from the US has turned up on the palace’s doorstep and she is backed into a corner.
The only person that she can think of to help her is Freddie, but she worried that getting too close to him might just do more harm than good.
The last thing Freddie wants is to get entangled with a woman.
He liked to keep his options open, but now that he has returned to Merveille for good, his mother is trying her damnedest to get him married off and producing the next Bingham heir.
When Alex asks for his help, he is only too eager to help her and maybe get his mother off his back in the process.
He never expected to fall for her.
CHAPTER ONE
Author’s Note
A Royal Entanglement takes place in a country that doesn’t really exist.
If it were to exist it would sit on the eastern edge of France bordered by Switzerland and Italy, quite close to Geneva.
The country of Merveille (pronounced Mer-VAY) is a quiet, wealthy place ruled by a constitutional monarchy.
It’s capital city is Calanais which is situated on the shores of a beautiful lake called Lac Merveilleux and is where the palace, named Château de Conte de Fées, sits.
This book is dedicated to the girls among us who dream of the day a knight in shining armour will ride up on his white horse and rescue us from the hum-drum of our daily lives (without cramping our very independent fierceness)
I closed my eyes and inhaled the spicy smell of the aftershave that had been haunting my dreams.
Frédéric Bingham, Earl of Avonlea had been invading my dreams and private thoughts for months now and whenever I smelled that scent, it had my heart racing and my skin prickling.
In the lead up to Alyssa’s coronation, the Earl had been spending more time in the palace.
He was one of her most vocal supporters and she had added him to her advisory team.
That meant that I had to spend a lot of time with him and his lazy, blue eyed gaze had been driving me to distraction. As were the little incidental touches that were too frequent to be accidental but not obvious enough to be more than a tease.
But I couldn’t afford any distractions today, especially not of the handsome, blue-eyed variety.
It was coronation day and Merveille was about to crown their first ever female Head of State.
Everything had to be perfect, and it was my job to ensure it was.
“Alex.”
His voice flowed over me like a caress and I steeled myself against the reaction it set off in me.
I closed my eyes briefly, taking a deep breath and then turned to face him.
“Lord Bingham,” I said, letting my eyes fall respectfully down.
“Come now, Alex,” he said, “I think you can call me Freddie by now, in fact I believe you have been calling me Freddie already.”
His eyes sparkled with mischief and the lopsided tilt of his lips caused a full body tremor to go through me.
“Not today, Lord Bingham,” I said, trying to keep my voice cool and professional, “Today your are the Earl of Avonlea and I am the Queen’s assistant.”
He took a step closer invading my personal space with his heat and his spicy aftershave.
“Oh, my dear Lady Alexandra,” he murmured, his voice husky, “You are so much more than just the Queen’s assistant.”
How could he flirt with me on today of all days?
I had been warned by his sister, Meredith, that he was an incurable flirt and for some unexplained reason, I had become his
objet d'affection.
I didn’t know what I had done to deserve the honour, and I wasn’t exactly disappointed with the attention, but it made doing my job really hard, especially when he took liberties like now.
We were hours away from one of the most important events of our small country and he was flirting with me.
I took a step back, breathing in the air untainted by his scent and tried to clear my head.
“Not today,” I reiterated, “Today I am nothing more than the Queen’s assistant and I am running late.”
I sketched him a polite curtsy and continued on my way down the hall towards the Queen’s wing all the while trying to rid my traitorous mind of thoughts of the Earl of Avonlea.
A feat easier said than done.
