The Prince Who Loved Me (The Oxenburg Princes)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Learn more
Flip to back
Flip to front
The Prince Who Loved Me (The Oxenburg Princes) Mass Market Paperback – September 23, 2014
 |
$7.00
FREE Shipping on orders over $35.
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Gift-wrap available.
NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE
Start reading The Prince Who Loved Me (The Oxenburg Princes) on your Kindle in under a minute.
Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.
Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.
Want to know our Editors' picks for the best books of the month? Browse Best Books of the Month, featuring our favorite new books in more than a dozen categories.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?.
|
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Karen Hawkins is a USA TODAY and New York Times bestselling author of some of the funniest and freshest fairytale-based Scottish romances. When not stalking hot Australian actors, getting kicked out of West Virginia thanks to the antics of her extended family, or adding to her considerable shoe collection, Karen is getting chocolate on her keyboard while writing her next delightfully fun and sexy historical romance!
More About the Author
Karen Hawkins is a NYT and USA Today bestselling author of over 22 fun and lively historical romance novels and two humorous contemporary romances. When not stalking hot Australian actors, getting kicked out of West Virginia (thanks to the antics of her extended family), and adding to her considerable shoe collection, Karen spends her time warming her feet on her two rescue dogs while writing her next book. She lives in Florida and loves to hear from readers at Karen Hawkins, P.O. Box 149924, Orlando, FL 32814-9924
Sign up here for Karen Hawkins's amazingly fun newsletter, which she sends out only three or four times a year because she's LAZY.
There. We said it.
(cut and paste this link into your web browser) http://karenhawkins.com/lists/?p=subscribe
Sign up here for Karen Hawkins's amazingly fun newsletter, which she sends out only three or four times a year because she's LAZY.
There. We said it.
(cut and paste this link into your web browser) http://karenhawkins.com/lists/?p=subscribe
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By
Amazon Customer
on September 23, 2014
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Comment
Sending feedback...
I was incredibly lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Karen Hawkin's latest book, The Prince Who Loved Me. It was wonderful! She puts a hilarious spin on the classic Cinderella story. It is the perfect combo of romance and humor. My favorite thing about the book is that the heroine and the hero are both readers (AND animal lovers). The stepmother and stepsisters are not evil, but they definitely pose as obstacles. And the Prince's curse-throwing Grandmother is a hoot. If you have never read one of Karen's novels, this is a wonderful one to start with as it is the first in a series. (But really, where have you been?!)
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By
Whiskey in the Jar
on September 23, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition
Comment
Sending feedback...
With a little bit of inspiration from Cinderella, The Prince Who Loved Me tells the tale of the loveable shy spinster Bronwyn and the dashing rakehell prince Aleksey. He is intrigued by her and would like to whittle away the country hours by engaging in some bed sport. She is wary of his slick charming attitude but would like to have a real life adventure that she so often reads about in books. Both are looking for just some light and fun interactions. Fate, well it has its own agenda.
Bronwyn is a very likable and relatable character. She lost her mother as a very young girl, began to emulate her father, worried the family with her unladylike behavior, and ended up with a stepmother and sisters. Unlike Cinderella however, Bronwyn gets along with her new family members and while she is compared to the older more beautiful one, there is no resentment or jealously. Bronwyn is very strong minded and while at times she may lack self-confidence, she also goes after what she wants; readers will enjoy cheering her on. Our hero Aleksey is the one I had a problem with. For a large part of the story he was very selfish, immature, and displayed an overall unattractively young personality. I can see why he was attracted to Bronwyn, intelligent and different from anyone he had meet before but beyond his good looks I have no idea what Bronwyn saw in Aleksey.
The story moves at a good pace, I'm just not sure anything really happens for eighty percent of it. A majority of the story arc is Aleksey trying to convince Bronwyn to simply be in his presence. Their interactions are all fairly quick and barely move beyond the "I want to seduce you" "I can't allow myself to be seduced! But oh my, look at those gorgeous eyes!Read more ›
Bronwyn is a very likable and relatable character. She lost her mother as a very young girl, began to emulate her father, worried the family with her unladylike behavior, and ended up with a stepmother and sisters. Unlike Cinderella however, Bronwyn gets along with her new family members and while she is compared to the older more beautiful one, there is no resentment or jealously. Bronwyn is very strong minded and while at times she may lack self-confidence, she also goes after what she wants; readers will enjoy cheering her on. Our hero Aleksey is the one I had a problem with. For a large part of the story he was very selfish, immature, and displayed an overall unattractively young personality. I can see why he was attracted to Bronwyn, intelligent and different from anyone he had meet before but beyond his good looks I have no idea what Bronwyn saw in Aleksey.
The story moves at a good pace, I'm just not sure anything really happens for eighty percent of it. A majority of the story arc is Aleksey trying to convince Bronwyn to simply be in his presence. Their interactions are all fairly quick and barely move beyond the "I want to seduce you" "I can't allow myself to be seduced! But oh my, look at those gorgeous eyes!Read more ›
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By
TrishD
on September 23, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition
Comment
Sending feedback...
I have been a Karen Hawkins fan for many years and I just when I think I can't love her books any more that I already do, she surprises me! The Prince Who Loved Me is the most recent addition to my "keeper shelf". Karen Hawkins takes on the Cinderella fairy tale, setting it in Scotland, with a foreign Prince and step-sisters you don't hate.
Bronwyn, our heroine, is a young lady deemed on the shelf at the ripe old age of 24, and she is fine with that. Bronwyn enjoys spending her days reading, assisting her father with the patents for his inventions and if she has to be the chaperone for her step-sisters introduction to society, she'll do it as long as she can sit with the other chaperone's and get jellie recipes.
Alexsy is a prince in more ways than one. He is a royal prince of Oxenbury and his grandfather led the Romany. Alexsy yearns to be the leader of the Romany but his spirited, curse throwing Tata (grandmother) has other ideas. She wants him to curb his reckless ways and settle down with a wife.
Enter Bronwyn's beautiful step-sister and Tata's dilemma is solved. Or is it? Alexsy is not going to play by anyone's rules but his own and he has a plan, a plan that includes Bronwyn. The question now becomes, will Bronwyn play by his rules too... or does she have her own plan?
I love books that draw you in, make you not only care about the characters but fall in love with them. This is one of those books. I read as fast as I could because I wanted to find out what happened next but I also wanted to go slow because I didn't want the book to end.
This is the perfect curl up in your favorite chair and spend an afternoon reading book. You'll fall in love with the characters, laugh out loud and find yourself wondering how you can find your own Oxenburg/Romany prince.
Bronwyn, our heroine, is a young lady deemed on the shelf at the ripe old age of 24, and she is fine with that. Bronwyn enjoys spending her days reading, assisting her father with the patents for his inventions and if she has to be the chaperone for her step-sisters introduction to society, she'll do it as long as she can sit with the other chaperone's and get jellie recipes.
Alexsy is a prince in more ways than one. He is a royal prince of Oxenbury and his grandfather led the Romany. Alexsy yearns to be the leader of the Romany but his spirited, curse throwing Tata (grandmother) has other ideas. She wants him to curb his reckless ways and settle down with a wife.
Enter Bronwyn's beautiful step-sister and Tata's dilemma is solved. Or is it? Alexsy is not going to play by anyone's rules but his own and he has a plan, a plan that includes Bronwyn. The question now becomes, will Bronwyn play by his rules too... or does she have her own plan?
I love books that draw you in, make you not only care about the characters but fall in love with them. This is one of those books. I read as fast as I could because I wanted to find out what happened next but I also wanted to go slow because I didn't want the book to end.
This is the perfect curl up in your favorite chair and spend an afternoon reading book. You'll fall in love with the characters, laugh out loud and find yourself wondering how you can find your own Oxenburg/Romany prince.
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By
T Counce
on September 23, 2014
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Comment
Sending feedback...
It is this reader's opinion that "The Prince That Loved Me" is a better version of the Cinderella Story.
While reading "The Prince That Loved Me" I was struck by a recurring fact (again this reader's opinion): it could also be described as a combination of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. There is a step-mother and two step-sisters, but they aren't evil, or are they (Cinderella)? There is a father who is an absent-minded inventor (Beauty and The Beast).
Bronwyn is a bit of Cinderella, in that she is not unaccustomed to working around the house, and a bit of Belle. who never knew a book that she didn't want to read. She has the sweet and determined spirit of both her predecessors.
Prince Alexsey Romanovin is a bit of Cinderella's Prince and Belle's Beast, but in a way that you can't help but fall in love with him. I was particularly impressed when he explained to Bronwyn after reading aloud to her from a book she had been reading before he found her sitting barefoot in the woods:
"Nyet. There is no such thing as 'chaste passion.' If chaste is here," He held his
hand far to one side. "Then passion is here." He held his other hand to the other
side, as far away as he could. "When they come together--" He clapped his hands
so loud, it sounded like a thunderclap."
And then there is the Prince's grandmother who is the Queen of the Gypsies, who makes her grandson's carefree lifestyle difficult in her pursuit to get him prepared to take on his duties. In turn he frustrates her beyond reasoning.
The twist at the end will catch you totally off guard though....but you'll have to read the book to discover all of that.
Happy Reading
While reading "The Prince That Loved Me" I was struck by a recurring fact (again this reader's opinion): it could also be described as a combination of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. There is a step-mother and two step-sisters, but they aren't evil, or are they (Cinderella)? There is a father who is an absent-minded inventor (Beauty and The Beast).
Bronwyn is a bit of Cinderella, in that she is not unaccustomed to working around the house, and a bit of Belle. who never knew a book that she didn't want to read. She has the sweet and determined spirit of both her predecessors.
Prince Alexsey Romanovin is a bit of Cinderella's Prince and Belle's Beast, but in a way that you can't help but fall in love with him. I was particularly impressed when he explained to Bronwyn after reading aloud to her from a book she had been reading before he found her sitting barefoot in the woods:
"Nyet. There is no such thing as 'chaste passion.' If chaste is here," He held his
hand far to one side. "Then passion is here." He held his other hand to the other
side, as far away as he could. "When they come together--" He clapped his hands
so loud, it sounded like a thunderclap."
And then there is the Prince's grandmother who is the Queen of the Gypsies, who makes her grandson's carefree lifestyle difficult in her pursuit to get him prepared to take on his duties. In turn he frustrates her beyond reasoning.
The twist at the end will catch you totally off guard though....but you'll have to read the book to discover all of that.
Happy Reading
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Most Recent Customer Reviews
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
