Royally Wed

Wilson’s third Royals contemporary (after Royally Romanov) features an unusual romance between a princess and a professional cello player. When appendicitis befalls famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, talented young Asher Reed is hired as Ma’s replacement to play a cello solo at the royal wedding of Great Britain’s Princess Amelia and Duke Holden Beckett. Asher’s desire to prove himself as a cellist is complicated by his fiancée having left him for his ex-mentor, Jeremy March, who also happens to be the conductor of the orchestra Asher will perform with at the wedding. The hotels are all booked for the momentous royal wedding, so Asher is given a room at Buckingham Palace—a room that just happens to be next to that of Princess Amelia. As Amelia and Asher become better acquainted through witty banter and friendly flirting, he sees beyond her royal exterior to the woman underneath. She can’t help but blossom in Asher’s presence because his allure and friendship are unlike any she has known, and she must decide whether it is more important to be a dutiful princess and dispel her “Princess Naughty” moniker or to follow her heart. Romantic angst and sizzling sensuality are at the heart of this page-turner. Agent: Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein, McIntosh & Otis. (Nov.)