It’s been five years since Avery
Truitt and Prince Colin of Brighton Kingdom fell in love. But he broke her
heart with no explanation.
Fast forward to
present day, and Colin is Brighton’s most eligible bachelor now that Cousin
Stephen has married. When Avery’s father dies of a heart attack, she puts her
life on hold and returns home to St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, to help Mama with
the family restaurant. But Mama misses Avery’s sister Susanna, who lives four
thousand miles away in Brighton Kingdom—and is expecting her first child. So
Mama insists she and Avery spend the Christmas season in Brighton.
Colin and Avery are
going to see each other a lot while she’s visiting. But she can’t forget the
way he hurt her, and he didn’t expect his feelings to still be so strong.
Avery is torn between
considering a future in Brighton and taking a coaching job in Georgia, and
Colin is finally pushed to pursue what he really wants. Is it too late to
convince Avery that she is his true love? And even if he does, will she make it
to the chapel on Christmas Day to give him her heart?
A Royal Christmas
Wedding is the fourth book in Rachel Hauck’s Royal Weddings series, coming after Once Upon a Prince, Princess
Ever After, and How to Catch a Prince.
I am a huge fan of Rachel’s, and have absolutely LOVED all of the previous
books in this series, so I was super excited when I found out she was working
on a book that told Avery’s story. I had been hoping for a long time that she
would continue writing books set in Brighton Kingdom, and I was not
disappointed with this one, although I wish it could have been longer!
Avery Truitt is definitely one of my favorite characters
from this series. She’s sweet, and enthusiastic, and just all around fun, and I
couldn’t help but love her, so much that I hated it for her when I read about
the injury that finished her volleyball career. But, that was just a bump in
the road to God’s ultimate plan for her life, and I’m extremely glad she didn’t
let it sideline her too much. Instead, she just picked herself up and decided
to become a coach, and although that itself wasn’t what brought her back to
Colin, I still think it was a good decision in the end. Anyway, I couldn’t help
but feel for her as she struggled through her
still-strong-after-all-these-years feelings for Colin, but I have to say, I was
rooting for them to get back together all along.
Prince Colin is by far one of my favorite of the Brighton
princes. He is sweet, and thoughtful, and just all around wonderful. He is also
super respectful of his father, which I just think is the cutest thing, and I just
loved getting to find out all about the little ways he stayed connected to
Avery even though she thought he didn’t. I loved getting to know him and watch
him learn to fight for Avery, and their relationship became one of the sweetest
things I had ever witnessed.
All in all, I really loved this book, and am happy to give
it both all five bookshelves and a place on my all-time favorites list. It is
such a sweet story, and I may have even been in tears a bit at the end, so I can’t
help but believe that this is another one of Rachel’s most fantastic novels. She
always does a wonderful job, and all four of the books in this series are no
exception, so I highly recommend them!
Happy reading.
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Rachel Hauck
and Zondervan Publishing.
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