Claiming His Replacement Queen

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By Amanda Cinelli

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Publisher Description

A broken hearted billionaire just may find healing in this seductive royal romance.

Stepping into the spotlight . . .

As the desert king’s queen!

Khalil’s motivation for marriage is politics, not passion. So when his intended bride marries for love and her sister, shy Princess Cressida, agrees to take her place, Khal travels to London to retrieve his replacement queen!

Yet their sizzling encounter changes everything. Since losing his first wife, Khal keeps all emotion on lockdown, but the desire innocent Cressida ignites is too hot to resist . . .

Monteverre Marriages

One Night with the Forbidden Princess

Claiming His Replacement Queen

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“4.75 stars Major Plot spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk. I went a little out of reading order with this story. There was one before this one that I have yet to read that featured Cressida’s sister Olivia, who was suppose to marry Khalil, but that fell through when Olivia fell in love. The match between Khalil and Olivia was an arranged political match and wasn’t a love match. Khalil needed Olivia’s royal family to help his country’s reputation that was bound in scandal while Olivia and Cressida were seen with good influences while Olivia and Cressida’s father needed the capital from Khalil to stop his country from going bankrupt so he he struck a deal with Khalil for Olivia’s hand. Obviously that didn’t happen, but Olivia’s father offered a replacement in his other “daughter” Cressida, who was in self imposed exile in London, and Khalil agreed with the terms, knowing he needed this political marriage. As soon as Cressida and Khalil met in London at that bar sparks flew. He came to London to pick up Cressida, but also he feared that she was changing her mind and running from her responsibilities when reality she just wanted one last night of freedom before committing to Khalil. But he wanted to make sure this marriage went through so he came in huffing an puffing. The interesting thing was when the first encounter each other in the bar was the fact that Khalil never revealed he was in the beginning and Cressida just thought he was some guy that she was immensely attracted to. The heat was there between them. That dance scene and first kiss scene were really smoking hot. OMG. It nearly melted the pages, showing off how much chemistry they truly had. It was very easy to see that they were going to have a very passionate and intense romance. It didn’t last long because soon Cressida found out who Khalil was, which brought quite a bit of friction and tension between them that carried through the book. Yet they still had this very hot connection that they wanted to ignore because they felt this was going to be a marriage in name only where it was business like and emotionless. They both wanted that, not wanting to deal with feeling and emotions and all the came with it. The ironic thing was that they both felt very deeply about things, but hid it away. Their pain. Their hurt. The past. They just hid away not only from each other but the public. The agreed to that. They married in a beautiful ceremony, which was so beautifully described I felt like I was in the desert with them. It was sensual and romantic ceremony that made my heart sing. Also the wedding tent that was set up was beautifully described. It would have been a perfect wedding night scene because it was very romantic and sensual. I really thought that was where it was headed, but it didn’t happen that way, which was unexpected and surprising. Though I wasn’t disappointed that it didn’t happen at that moment because of how it developed over time and build up over the course of the book until they final consummated their relationship. I really slow burn between them. It kept me on my toes. There was an element of suspense and danger that surprised me as well and once again kept me on my toes. It brought an adrenaline rush to the story. It kept it very engaging. It really kept me invested in the story with me wondering if some shady things were going on and who might have been responsible for that. Once they rush home to Khalil’s home, Khalil not able to handle this intense connection to Cressida decided to keep his distance from her, which really hurt her and brought up past issues of unworthiness and being alone and isolated. The fact that he did that to do her made her hurt a lot more than she expected. She felt safe with him, and he abandoned her. She tried to keep on a public mask so that no one knew how much she was hurting as she was learning to become Queen. When he came back, she confronted him and realized and felt guilt that he put her through that, so he bridged the gap between them. He got to know her and understand her more. The more that he knew the more he liked her and realized there was massive amount of pain that hid from the world. Suddenly he wanted to bridge that gap and have be her safe place. They developed a nice rapport between them. They had a friendship with deep feelings simmering beneath the surface that just continued to grow and grow over the course of the book. I really loved seeing them get to know each other and be there for each other. They liked each other before they got involved physically. Once they finally consummated their relationship, it was as hot and steamy as I expected it to be. There was so much sexual tension between them from the moment that they met and just continued to grow and grow the more time they spent together. It grew very intense until neither one of the could resist anymore and they had to give in. I was surprised that their first time took place on a sofa, but it was still very passionate and very sexy. They had a connection in that moment. A closeness that scared them so much that they had to distance themselves once again because they didn’t know how to deal with. It scared more than her, but it still scared her, though she thought she should remain distant from him she really wanted him closer to him and have that connection. So, there was a little back and forth between them for a little bit. It made for a very fun cat and mouse game, but they were also really drawn to each other that they couldn’t ignore. They began to care about one another the more that they got to know other and knew who they truly were. They revealed truths to each other about past hurts and the pain that the suffered especially when secrets were revealed. Then it was a whole new ball game, and this was when their closeness really came on display. I could feel their love and admiration for one another. They wanted keep each other safe. Be that soft place that could fall, and it was really beautiful to see their relationship develop and grow over the course of the book. As they were getting more emotionally intimate, they getting more and more physically intimate, showing their desires and caring for one another through every touch and every kiss. It was still very intense and sexy, but it was beautiful. It showed how close they were becoming in every single way possible. I loved the scene where she took control and showed with her actions the love that she had for him. It was an amazing scene, and I wish all romances would have at least one scene like that. All their love scenes were really satisfying. It was very clear that by that point that they were deeply in love, and they didn’t want to let each other go. What started off as a marriage of convenience turned into a very fulfilling love that both of them needed in order to be whole. They helped each other heal. They talked and got to know each other over the course of the book. This story was really the journey of them falling in love. It was beautiful. It was amazing. I loved it. I loved them as a couple and thought they really matched well. I loved seeing them together. I loved seeing them grown and heal together. I loved how the each showed each other how much they cared. It was the little things that really made my heart soar. They had a lot of sweet and caring moments. Lots of tenderness between them. Would love to seen the tender lovemaking scene that was summarized, but I still felt it despite not seeing it. They just a really beautiful love story. I loved both Khalil and Cressida. They were very three dimensional with their own complex issues and hurts that they had to deal with. They sorted out through a lot once they opened up and allowed their love to heal, which just made them stronger individuals. My heart hurt for Cressida and just how much she had to endure not only with the secret that she was holding, but treatment she had from her parents was beyond not fair. It was a wonder that she imposed her own exile from her family because she had to deal with the feeling of being unwanted and just the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father while Khalil was dealing with the guilt over the death of his wife and the grief over losing his wife and his child early on. Just lots of pain and suffering from him. From both of the really. I adored them. My teeny, tiny complaint had nothing to do with the romance or their story, it had to do with the fact that these mysterious, dangerous things that happened in the book. It never answered the question of who was doing these things, or whether they were connected or not. I thought they were going to be, but apparently they were just coincidental things that happened, but I thought there would be a suspect. I thought it was going to be Cressida’s “father.” I was expecting more of an answer on that one. I adored this book with it having everything a lot for what I’m looking for in my reading life. It was an emotional read. It was sexy and passionate. There was angst to the story. There was quite a bit of build up, which really nice. Both of characters had deep seated issues that cause pain and hurt in their lives, which effected how they saw love and relationships. The connection between Khalil and Cressida was really good. The descriptions were really good and made me feel like I was straight in the action. It was an amazing story about two broken people finding a deep connection and deep love for one another. They healed each other and loved each other completely. I will definitely be reading this book over again in the future because it was really good. I hope that Amanda Cinelli keeps on writing for Presents for years to come because she’s really good and knows how to hit on the heartstrings and bring all the feels that are needed to make a romance really, really good. I was really amazed by her other book that I have read, and I felt the same one with this one. So hopefully she’ll stick around for awhile.”

About Amanda Cinelli

Amanda was born into a large Irish-Italian family and raised in the leafy green suburbs of County Dublin, Ireland. After dabbling in a few different career paths, she finally found her calling as an author after winning an online writing competiton with her first finished novel. With three small daughters at home, her days are usually spent doing school runs, changing diapers and writing romance. She still considers herself unbelievably lucky to be able to call this her day-job.