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American Royalty by Tracey Livesay (ARC & Audiobook Review)

Title: American Royalty
Author: Tracey Livesay
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher:Avon Books
Date published: June 28, 2022

A complimentary digital copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Sexy, driven rapper Danielle “Duchess” Nelson is on the verge of signing a deal that’ll make her one of the richest women in hip hop. More importantly, it’ll grant her control over her life, something she’s craved for years. But an incident with a rising pop star has gone viral, unfairly putting her deal in jeopardy. Concerned about her image, she’s instructed to work on generating some positive publicity… or else.

A brilliant professor and reclusive royal, Prince Jameson prefers life out of the spotlight, only leaving his ivory tower to attend weddings or funerals. But with the Queen’s children involved in one scandal after another, and Parliament questioning the viability of the monarchy, the Queen is desperate. In a quest for good press, she puts Jameson in charge of a tribute concert in her late husband’s honor. Out of his depth, and resentful of being called to service, he takes the advice of a student. After all, what’s more appropriate for a royal concert than a performer named “Duchess”?

Too late, Jameson discovers the American rapper is popular, sexy, raunchy and not what the Queen wanted, although he’s having an entirely different reaction. Dani knows this is the good exposure she needs to cement her deal and it doesn’t hurt that the royal running things is fine as hell. Thrown together, they give in to the explosive attraction flaring between them. But as the glare of the limelight intensifies and outside forces try to interfere, will the Prince and Duchess be a fairy tale romance for the ages or a disaster of palatial proportions?

⤖ My Review ⬻

Tracey Livesay’s American Royalty was one of my most-anticipated romances of the summer! I was completely ready to fall in love with Prince Jameson and Danielle “Duchess” and follow along with their love story, wherever it may take them.

As I started reading, I was pulled in right away by Duchess’ personality—it came through in the way she interacted with other characters as well as her inner monologue. She radiated role model, strong female—I just loved her! I also really liked the narrator who read Duchess’ portions of American Royalty!

I wish I could say the same about Prince Jameson. I really really wanted to like him, and expected him to become a new book crush. I just couldn’t really get a read on his character though, and it didn’t help that I didn’t enjoy the voice or style of the narrator for his parts of American Royalty when listening to the audiobook. I tried pausing the audio and reading those parts myself, but by that point, the narrators voice was stuck in my head. 

That’s okay though because I was all there for Duchess—I really really rooted for her. Plus, there was some spicy spice in American Royalty as well as many other aspects of the story that I liked. For example, I didn’t expect the ending, which was nice, because I like to be kept guessing. I enjoyed American Royalty quite a bit!

⤖ About the Author ⬻

Tracey Livesay writes smart, sexy and emotional contemporary romances where strong, successful heroines find love with powerful, passionate heroes. In addition to winning the 2020 Emma Award for Best Interracial Romance, she’s been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly and on CBS This Morning. A graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law and a former criminal defense attorney, Tracey lives in Virginia with her husband–who she met on the very first day of law school–and their three children. When not answering the call of wife, mother or author, she watches planner videos on YouTube and daydreams about her next designer purse purchase.

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Thank you for reading my review! Have you read this book? What did you think? And if you haven’t read it yet, do you plan to? Let me know in the comments!

2 thoughts on “American Royalty by Tracey Livesay (ARC & Audiobook Review)

    1. Oh yay! I hope you enjoy it! And others might like Jameson’s voice hehe it could just be my personal taste. Thanks so much! And thanks for reading my review as well 🙂

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