Reunited With Her Surgeon Prince. Marion Lennox
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Claiming his secret heir—and his bride!
Dr. Ellie Carson once married her secret prince, but then duty tore their whirlwind marriage apart—only, Ellie was also pregnant!
Now surgeon and crown prince Marc Falken is soon to become king—and he’s discovered he has a son! Claiming his heir means seeking out Ellie—the woman he’s never stopped loving. But can Marc convince Ellie that she can be a doctor and his queen, and that finally they can become the family they were always meant to be?
Marc paused, overwhelmed by what he had to tell her.
Ellie rose and opened the sideboard. She poured two whiskies. Large ones.
“I don’t drink this except in emergencies,” she told him. “I suspect I need it now. Maybe we both do. So tell me.”
He took the glass and drained it, and then he looked at Ellie. He could still see the girl he’d loved behind those tired eyes. He could still see the laughter, the fun... But he could also see the care and the responsibility.
He watched her shoulders brace yet again, and he hated it.
“Ellie, I’m now the crown prince of Falkenstein and Felix is my son. It takes a year to formalize a divorce in Australia so Felix was born while we were still legally married. This may mess with all our lives in ways I can’t imagine, but once I’m crowned, Felix will take my current title. Your son—our son—will be the new crown prince of Falkenstein.”
What is it with royalty? The combination of tradition, power and wealth is a heady mix that I suspect would be difficult to handle in real life, but as a writer I love playing with ‘what ifs?’. What if an entire royal family was wiped out in one hit? That’s a theme that’s been explored before—an unimaginable tragedy, but to a fiction writer the idea’s gold. What if the unexpected heir to the throne is a doctor, dedicated to his calling, who wants nothing to do with royalty? And what if, years ago, that doctor had a secret son, who’s suddenly the new crown prince?
The situation had me wiggling my toes in the sand in delight as I took my dog for her daily beach walk. I love a good ‘what if?’, and if it combines the pageantry of a royal coronation, a feel-good romance and a secret baby thrown in for good measure, hooray! The dog and I needed to walk our legs off in order for me to sort out all the complications, but we loved how it all turned out. At least I did. Sadly, Bonnie was too busy chasing seagulls to care.
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Reunited With Her Surgeon Prince
Marion Lennox
Books by Marion Lennox
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
Wildfire Island Docs
Saving Maddie’s Baby
A Child to Open Their Hearts
Meant-to-Be Family
From Christmas to Forever? Falling for Her Wounded Hero
Mills & Boon Cherish
His Cinderella Heiress
Stepping into the Prince’s World
Visit the Author Profile page at millsandboon.co.uk for more titles.
“This is a wonderful book, full of the trademark warmth, soul-searching and cheer Marion Lennox brings to all her books.”
—Goodreads on From Christmas to Forever?
Contents
THE BRAND-NEW Crown Prince of Falkenstein managed three hours of nightmare-filled sleep. He rose at dawn, desperate for coffee and a walk to clear his head. Instead, he found the Secretary of State waiting. The massive palace dining table was covered with newspapers, and their front pages all screamed versions of the same.
Entire Royal Family Killed in Plane Tragedy!
‘This is what you get for breaking rules,’ Josef said in greeting, and Marc wanted to thump him. At such a time, to be thinking of rules...
He headed for the huge silver coffee pot before deigning to answer. Being Crown Prince had to count for something. Half a cup of coffee in, his head was clear enough to respond. ‘How did breaking the rules cause this?’
‘Heirs in succession to the throne