Harlequin Presents: September 2022 Box Set 2 of 2 by Clare Connelly

Author:Clare Connelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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To her surprise, she was offered the role.

So Beatrice left London to take on the three-month position in Bellanisiá and signed a lease on a furnished second floor flat there, with a small balcony that looked over the marina.

In her first month there she started to take her evening meal on the balcony, looking out at the expensive yachts and sailing boats, as well as the fishing boats. Cannons were often fired, as if at random, which made her smile. In her second month Beatrice bought a bird feeder, and found herself taking breakfast out there too.

She was growing fond of the place.

Working at the palace was incredible—and not only that, Beatrice found she actually enjoyed taking the shuttle bus to and from work. On her way she always sat to the left, because the views were incredible there, and on her return to the right.

The locals didn’t seem to care which side they sat on—they were, of course, more used to the views—and they carried on chatting, or reading, or dozing as the shuttle bus inched its way through the town, picking up palace staff.

There was an all-encompassing mix of designer shops and bazaars and famous fashion houses, as well as florists and bookstores and a gorgeous central square, with government buildings, monuments and houses of worship.

The job was interesting in itself, for there was a lot of pressure from within for the Prince to make haste and marry. A lot of Beatrice’s time was spent going head-to-head with his aides, and even with his own team—who were, to her mind, too keen to please the King.

The simple brief to tidy up his image in preparation for marriage, was not so easily executed.

Now, with three weeks to go on her contract, the slurs in the press kept coming, and Prince Julius appeared no closer to signing the Document of Intent, than he had at the commencement of her work.

And Beatrice had found herself dealing with a very unfamiliar issue.

She liked her boss.

Or rather, she had her first ever crush.

And very inconveniently it was on HRH Prince Julius of Bellanisiá!

There had been signs, for those bats had remained in her chest, and sometimes when she met his eyes it felt as if those peacocks were screeching unseen, but she’d simply ignored her unsettled feelings. But taking the shuttle bus to work one morning, as they’d approached the square, she had found her eyes drawn to the stunning central church, with its glorious dome and endless steps.

It was where the royal wedding would take place...

Where Prince Julius would marry.

Her lips had pressed together and a surge of hurt, or perhaps covetousness, had risen in her chest as it had dawned on her that the bats residing there were actually wings of forbidden desire.

Beatrice had hurriedly looked away from the church, but the feeling had not abated.

Instead it had remained.

More accurately, it had grown.

It was so unexpected.

So unfamiliar that she would have done anything to speak with a friend.

It was

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