Cover of Arranged to Run: A Closed Door Modern Royal Brother's Best Friend Romance

Arranged to Run: A Closed Door Modern Royal Brother's Best Friend Romance

Taylor Claremont

contemporary romance(32)

A princess flees her arranged marriage to hide in Italy — with her brother's best friend.

Description

A princess torn between duty and heart.Alex Darlington would much rather be working with the children of her small nation than preparing for a wedding to a prince she’s never met.As the youngest of five, she begged her parents to call off the arranged marriage, but her pleas were ignored.Despite her insistence that she would be better suited as the head of a charity and not used as a pawn in a trade deal, they don’t see it that way.And now the prince is coming early.Alex is suffocating under the weight of expectations.She needs a way out.When her brother’s best friend, Levi Harper, offers to let her hide out in his Italian cottage with him, Alex doesn’t think twice. This is her chance to take control of her life. But in the sanctuary of Levi’s cottage, Alex’s dreams take an unexpected turn.The line between duty and heart blurs.And with her future at stake, she faces an agonizing choice between love and the responsibilities that come with her royal status.Arranged to Run is the first book in Those Darling Royals, a closed-door romance series following the lives of the five Darlington siblings.Join Alex on her quest for love and independence in this contemporary royal brother’s best friend romance, where the pursuit of happiness comes at a price.

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