"What would it be like to suddenly be King?"

TALL DARK & ROYAL is the first book in a mini-series about the Connellys of Chicago. The hero is Daniel Connelly who has learned that due to the deaths of his maternal grandfather and uncle, he has inherited the throne to a small island country named Altaria. Daniel has been helping to run the family corporation, so he knows how to take charge, and he has always felt there must be something more out there for him.

Erin Lawrence has been sent to Chicago by her father, the foreign minister of Altaria to serve as palace liaison and to teach the new king proper palace etiquette before he is introduced to Altarian society. Her real task, however, is to discourage Daniel from even accepting the throne, since her father does not think he will be a suitable king.

I enjoyed reading this book, but I felt that the plot encompassed too large of a scope for the short format of a Silhouette Desire. I liked the story line and the characters, but while reading I was aware that in order to fit everything into these few pages the author had to resort to a lot of skimming over of details that would have filled out the story nicely in a longer book. The love scenes were well written, I just wished that I had more of a 'feel' for their personalities that can only be obtained by a more in depth portrayal of thoughts and emotions. I didn't feel that I got to know Erin and Daniel well enough (nor they each other) to believe in the attraction and eventually love they felt for one another.

Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted January 28, 2002

Summary

Proper and polished Erin Lawrence had been sent to teach gorgeous Daniel Connelly all about royal protocol before he assumed the throne of Altaria. But Daniel had a lesson or two to teach Erin about chemistry?and love!