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The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson - This was the final novel included in the Fairy Tale Romance collection I have, and I must admit that I expected that it would also be based on a familiar fairy tale. So in the back of my mind, as I was reading, I kept trying to figure out which one. Spoiler alert - unlike the others in this collection, it's not based on a fairy tale. It does, however, have a fairy tale setting and some plot elements, and it is related to the previous books in this collection.
Margaretha is the younger sister of Valten (the hero of The Captive Maiden) and Gabe (the hero of The Fairest Beauty), and in case you missed it, they are the children of the romantic duo from The Healer's Apprentice. Margaretha is the oldest daughter in the family, and is of marriageable age, but so far she has rejected all of her suitors in hopes of finding a love match like her parents and brothers have done. As the story opens an Englishman, Lord Claybrook, is hoping to win her approval, and although she doesn't like him, she has no concrete reason to turn him down and feels that perhaps she will have to settle for the match.
Enter another Englishman, Colin. He is brought to the castle after having been badly beaten, and since he only speaks English, Margaretha is one of the very few people that can communicate with him as he recovers. Colin and Margaretha establish a friendship as she begins teaching him some German and translates for him, but at first she wonders if his mind has been affected by his injuries and he worries that her talkativeness means she can't keep secrets or have discernment. And he has good reason to need her to keep his secret - it's none other than Lord Claybrook's men that attacked him, and it's Lord Claybrook that Colin is following and hoping to bring to justice. Colin wants to speak to Margaretha's father and warn him of the danger Claybrook poses, but that never seems to work out, so eventually he trusts Margaretha with more information and she discovers Claybrook's evil plan for her family. She and Colin work together to foil the plot, against great odds, and not surprisingly, they fall in love along the way.
Margaretha is the younger sister of Valten (the hero of The Captive Maiden) and Gabe (the hero of The Fairest Beauty), and in case you missed it, they are the children of the romantic duo from The Healer's Apprentice. Margaretha is the oldest daughter in the family, and is of marriageable age, but so far she has rejected all of her suitors in hopes of finding a love match like her parents and brothers have done. As the story opens an Englishman, Lord Claybrook, is hoping to win her approval, and although she doesn't like him, she has no concrete reason to turn him down and feels that perhaps she will have to settle for the match.
Enter another Englishman, Colin. He is brought to the castle after having been badly beaten, and since he only speaks English, Margaretha is one of the very few people that can communicate with him as he recovers. Colin and Margaretha establish a friendship as she begins teaching him some German and translates for him, but at first she wonders if his mind has been affected by his injuries and he worries that her talkativeness means she can't keep secrets or have discernment. And he has good reason to need her to keep his secret - it's none other than Lord Claybrook's men that attacked him, and it's Lord Claybrook that Colin is following and hoping to bring to justice. Colin wants to speak to Margaretha's father and warn him of the danger Claybrook poses, but that never seems to work out, so eventually he trusts Margaretha with more information and she discovers Claybrook's evil plan for her family. She and Colin work together to foil the plot, against great odds, and not surprisingly, they fall in love along the way.
By the same author: The Healer's Apprentice; The Merchant's Daughter, The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden
I own this as part of this collection for Kindle: Fairy Tale Romance Collection: The Healer's Apprentice, The Merchant's Daughter, The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden, The Princess Spy (Fairy Tale Romance Series)
by Melanie Dickerson
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