Release Day Blitz and Review: Royally Pucked by Pippa Grant

RELEASE BLITZ
Title: Royally Pucked
Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Sexy Romantic Comedy
Release Date: April 6, 2018

Summary:

A hockey-playing prince, a most improper lady, and one accidental pregnancy…

When you’re an heir so spare that getting attacked by a shark is more likely than you ever wearing the crown, you’re only allowed certain liberties. Yet still, those liberties can bite you in the ass.

Good thing I’m such a charming devil.

Even then, I’ve been banished to America for a year under the pretense of playing professional hockey while my father cleans up my latest mess. But trouble follows me wherever I go. Generally trouble of the beautiful female variety, and Gracie Diamonte is no exception. Or possibly, she’s the best exception.

Until the dinosaur suit. The cookie incident. And the accidental pregnancy.

Of course I’ll do the right thing.

Just as soon as I solve that pesky problem of my royal betrothal.

I’m about to be the biggest scandal to rock my country and there’s a good chance my father may throw me to the sharks after all. The funny thing is I’ve heard that raising children may not be so different from swimming with the sharks. So no matter how you look at things I am Royally Pucked.

Royally Pucked is a hilariously wrong romance between a spare heir and the lady least likely to ever wear a princess crown, complete with dirty cookies, an emotional support monkey, and lots of pucking around. This romantic comedy stands alone with no cheating, cliffhangers and ends happily with a family of… more than two.

Review:

Since discovering this author via Twitter recs I’ve devoured every book she’s written. Each book is fun and unique and I’ve enjoyed every single one. If you haven’t read anything by Pippa Grant (get thee on that quickly) all the H/Hs are connected in some way. Brothers, sisters, friends, teammates, etc… The main characters of Royally Pucked were introduced in the previous release, The Pilot and the Puck-Up.

Royally Pucked is a fast paced, ridiculously fun read. The hero, Manning Frey, the crown prince of Stolland, has been sent to America to play hockey, stir up tourism for his home country, and stay out of trouble. The heroine, Gracie Diamonte, is a southern woman who owns a bakery, has an online business where she prints people’s faces (and other unmentionable body parts) onto cookies, and has a shoe habit. Raised by her single father and a sister who takes her protector status to the extreme, she’s rather sheltered and hasn’t really traveled outside of her small town. Except to seduce a royal hockey player. When Gracie finds out that her one trip to the wild side has resulted in a pregnancy she knows she has to let Manning know he’s about to be a dad. That’s when she finds out his royal heinass is betrothed.

Once again this author hooked me from the first word and kept me reading right up until the last. Royally Pucked is a crazy good time. Everyone knows that cheating or infidelity of any kind is a hard line that I won’t cross in my romance, and you won’t see any here. Yes, there is a betrothal and yes, Manning sees Gracie despite the betrothal, but I think readers will be satisfied that the circumstances are entirely beyond Manning’s control. I won’t give any more than that. This couple is fun and I liked their relationship. Their romance is a little more slow burn than others of this series, but it totally worked for them.

Ares is up next and you’ll meet his heroine in Royally Pucked. Which means I am already counting down the days until this author’s next release.

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Meet the Author:

Pippa Grant is a stay-at-home mom and housewife who loves to escape into sexy, funny stories way more than she likes perpetually cleaning toothpaste out of sinks and off toilet handles. When she’s not reading, writing, sleeping, or trying to prepare her adorable demon spawn to be productive members of society, she’s fantasizing about chocolate chip cookies.