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    [Rezi] Katharine McGee – Inheritance [American Royals]

    Klappentext Princess Beatrice realizes what’s expected of her as heir apparent—and it is not riding in cars, alone, with her Revere Guard. But what the Crown doesn’t know won’t hurt it…right? Princess Samantha is already bored of her own graduation party. She swears she isn’t looking for trouble, but when the king and queen are away, the spare will play…. Nina never dreamed of acting on her feelings for Prince Jefferson. Tonight, though, anything seems possible: even a prince and a commoner. Meanwhile, Daphne is hiding more than one secret beneath her perfect exterior. A royal party might just be the window of opportunity she needs—until everything comes crashing down.…

  • American Royals 03 - Rivals von Katharine McGee
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    [Rezi] Katharine McGee – Rivals [American Royals]

    Klappentext Beatrice is queen, and for the American royal family, everything is about to change. Relationships will be tested. Princess Samantha is in love with Lord Marshall Davis—but the more serious they get, the more complicated things become. Is Sam destined to repeat her string of broken relationships…and this time will the broken heart be her own? Strangers will become friends. Beatrice is representing America at the greatest convocation of kings and queens in the world. When she meets a glamorous foreign princess, she gets drawn into the inner circle…but at what cost? And rivals will become allies. Nina and Daphne have spent years competing for Prince Jefferson. Now they…

  • American Royals 02 - Majesty von Katharine McGee
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    [Rezi] Katharine McGee – Majesty [American Royals]

    Klappentext Power is intoxicating. Like first love, it can leave you breathless. Princess Beatrice was born with it. Princess Samantha was born with less. Some, like Nina Gonzalez, are pulled into it. And a few will claw their way in. Ahem, we’re looking at you Daphne Deighton. As America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. Samantha is busy living up to her „party princess“ persona…and maybe adding a party prince by her side. Nina is trying to avoid the palace–and Prince Jefferson–at all costs. And a dangerous secret threatens to undo all of Daphne’s…

  • American Royals 01 - American Royals von Katharine McGee
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    [Rezi] Katharine McGee – American Royals [American Royals]

    Klappentext Two princesses vying for the ultimate crown. Two girls vying for the prince’s heart. This is the story of the American royals. When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. Like most royal families, the Washingtons have an heir and a spare. A future monarch and a backup battery. Each child knows exactly what is expected of them. But these aren’t just any royals. They’re American. As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America’s first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling.…

  • The Royal We 02 - The Heir Affair von Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
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    [Rezi] Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan – The Heir Affair [The Royal We]

    Klappentext After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca „Bex“ Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world’s judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance. But when a crisis forces the new Duke and Duchess back to London, the Band-Aid they’d placed over their problems starts to peel at the edges. Now, as old family secrets and new ones threaten to derail her new royal life, Bex has to face the emotional wreckage…

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    [Rezi] Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan – The Royal We [The Royal We]

    Klappentext American Bex Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister Lacey was always the romantic, the one who daydreamed of being a princess. But it’s adventure-seeking Bex who goes to Oxford and meets dreamy Nick across the hall – and Bex who finds herself accidentally in love with the heir to the British throne. Nick is wonderful, but he comes with unimaginable baggage: a complicated family, hysterical tabloids tracking his every move, and a public that expected its future king to marry a Brit. On the eve of the most talked-about wedding of the century, Bex looks back on how much she’s had to give up for…

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    [Rezi] Tamara Bach – Honig mit Salz

    Klappentext Eltern sind peinlich, findet Ari. Dass sie sich dauernd streiten, macht es das Ganze nicht besser. Ari hatte sowieso keine Lust mehr auf Sommerurlaub mit ihren Eltern. Darauf, mit Papa an übervollen Stränden rumzuhängen, sich Mamas Vorträge über längst vergessene Tempel anzuhören oder die ganze Zeit die Streitereien der beiden mitzukriegen. Wie viel toller wäre es, wenn sie allein mit Elif verreisen könnte. Dann würden sie selbst bestimmen, was sie tun wollen, endlos reden oder einfach bis zur nächsten Insel schwimmen. Aber dann hätte sie auch Pegasos nicht kennengelernt, der mit dem Mofa durch die engen Gassen kurvt und Ari zum Träumen bringt. Von Morgen und von eigenen Reisen.…

  • Schloss Festetics - Der echte Little Palace aus "Shadow and Bone"
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    [Serien & Bücher] Schloss Festetics – Der echte Little Palace aus „Shadow and Bone“

    So manches Mal habe ich mich schon beim Serienschauen gewundert, wie viel Arbeit wohl in die Kulisse geflossen ist. Viele Kulissen sind gebaute Sets, aber vor allem in Historiendramen werden auch gerne echte Schlösser und Palais genutzt. Auch Netflix hat sich für die Adaption der Grischa-Trilogie „Shadow and Bone“ eine echtes Schloss als Stand-In für den Little Palace, dem Zuhause der Grisha, bedient: Schloss Festetics in Keszthely, Ungarn.