Review Blitz: Fit for a King (The Crown Jewels #1) by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

FIT FOR A KING
Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine
Release Date: August 25

Buy Link:
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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…
🔥Grumpy x Sunshine
🔥Forbidden Romance
🔥Royal Romance
🔥King x Footman
🔥Upstairs / Downstairs
🔥Class Difference
🔥Opposites Attract
🔥Secret Relationship
🔥Forced Proximity
🔥Touch-Starved Hero
🔥Duty vs Desire
🔥MM Romance

Blurb
Red, White & Royal Blue meets a modern-day Downton Abbey in this forbidden royal romance about a newly crowned king who falls for the sunshine footman assigned to serve him.

Nicholas
Being king was never the life I wanted. But it was the one I inherited.

Every decision I make belongs to Valoria. Every smile, every appearance, every promise.
Including the one that says I’m expected to marry a prince I’ve barely met.

It’s the perfect match.
The perfect alliance.
The perfect future.

Until my new footman starts reminding me there’s a difference between being loved by a nation… and being truly seen.

Noah
Serving the king is my job. Wanting him is my biggest mistake.

I’ve spent years standing just out of sight—straightening cuffs, opening doors, making sure the man carrying the crown never has to carry anything else.

He’s kind when no one is watching
Lonely in ways the world never sees.

But kings don’t fall in love with footmen.
They marry princes.
No matter what my heart wishes every time he looks at me.

When duty collides with desire, we’ll have to decide whether some fairytales are worth rewriting.

I already know the answer, though. I’ll never be Fit for a King.

MY REVIEW

Nicholas lost his father and is now King. He hasn't been allowed a moment to catch his breath before assuming the throne and all the weight that his new obligations will put on his shoulders. Then his new footman, Noah, comes into his life and his grumpy, rigidness is taking a turn to warmth. That warmth in the form of his beautiful Noah, cannot be, though, because a King and a footman can never be together. They'll have to enjoy their forbidden time while it lasts, because it won't be forever...

Noah needs this job. What little money he makes he sends home to his family, who cannot work. So he really shouldn't be spending his time falling in love with his new boss, the new King. They both know they cannot be together in any real sense, but the heart wants what the heart wants, even if those hearts are destined to end up broken when reality intrudes on their secret. Now Noah has a choice to make, stay at the palace and watch the man he loves marry his betrothed, and try to pretend his heart isn't shredded. Or go home and live out his life without his King, the King he cannot be with. No good choices here...

So much longing! The way these two pined for each other was just so romantic. They truly were a study in opposites - stations in life, personality, the way they carry themselves, but it just serves to make them the sweetest couple, when they finally get to choose to be together for everyone to see. There isn't a big supporting cast, but the standout is Nicholas' twin brother, Gabriel, not only does he serve as a hilarious, sassy foil for Nicholas' grumpy King, but his words of wisdom are just the pep talk needed to make Nicholas come to a very important realization. I fell hard for this forbidden couple, and I'm positively impatient now for more when Gabriel falls in love next in The Spare Affair.

Meet Ella Frank
Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, Trust, Tease, Tate, and True, and is the co-author of the fan-favorite PresLocke Series. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”

Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.

Connect with Ella Frank
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Meet Brooke Blaine
Brooke Blaine is a USA Today Bestselling Author best known for writing romantic comedy and M/M romance. Her novels lead with humor and heart, but Brooke never shies away from throwing in something extra naughty that will scandalize her conservative Southern family for life (bless their hearts). She’s a choc-o-holic, lives for eighties bands (which means she thinks guyliner is totally underrated), believes it’s always wine o’clock, and lives with the coolest cat on the planet—her Ragdoll/Maine Coon mix, Jackson Agador Spartacus.

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