Dirty Halo by Julie Johnson
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Series: Forbidden Royals #1
Released February 4, 2019
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Emilia Lancaster is the royal family’s dirty little secret.
Born the illegitimate daughter of a duke, for twenty years she’s lived as a commoner… despite the regal blood running through her veins. But when the entire royal family is killed in a deadly attack, the line of succession swiftly changes course. With her ailing father appointed king and no legitimate heirs in sight, Emilia is pulled from the shadows and thrust into a destiny she never wanted.
If this were a fairy tale, the palace would be paradise. In reality, with a father she barely knows on the throne, a deadly assassin still on the loose, and enemies around every gilded corridor corner — the callous, captivating Lord Carter Thorne chief among them — it feels more like a prison to Emilia. One filled with unattainable expectations, unfamiliar customs, and undesirable suitors.
They want her to behave like a good little girl.
They want her to put on her glittering crown and keep her mouth shut.
They’re about to be disappointed.
She may have agreed to be their princess…
But she’s no one’s puppet.
♛
DIRTY HALO is a royal romance about an ordinary girl who inherits an extraordinary legacy. Filled with forbidden love, murderous plots, and machiavellian intrigue, it is recommended for mature readers only. It is the first book in the FORBIDDEN ROYALS TRILOGY.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Ho. Lee. Shit.
What a book!!
Dirty Halo was everything I didn’t know I wanted to read. I know that without question I will love everything that Julie Johnson writes, and I wasn’t quite sure what we were going to get in Dirty Halo, but it was utterly breathtaking, suspenseful and jaw-droppingly sexy.
This modern day fairy-tale is just the beginning of clandestine tale where there are so many moving pieces so aren’t sure who you can truly trust. A villain so evil that you shouldn’t ever turn your back on her, she very much pure evil like every Disney step mother you have ever met.
Emilia is such a fierce woman who fights for what she wants and continues to fight with her back against the wall. She has the odds stacked against her and I cannot wait to see where things go from here.
Her new step siblings really add intrigue to the this tale, between her step sister Chloe who is pretty much always high and hilarious and her sexy af, brooding stepbrother that she isn’t quite sure to what to do with, because he is definitely forbidden.
The Forbidden Royals series is sure to be a must read, grab Dirty Halo and take this journey to Germania with me!
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