"A romance to be savored!"

If you read Leanne Bank's previous Silhouette Desire release, ROYAL DAD, you've already met one of the dashing Royal Dumonts. If Prince Michel of Marceau left you breathless with lust, his brother Nicholas, who you may remember as 'Dr. Nick', is definitely going to have you drooling!

Prince Nicholas is a doctor by profession. It's a career he had to work very hard to excel at, purely because his mother, the Queen, was dead set against it. It's only thanks to Michel's quiet and skillful handling of the situation that the Queen mellowed. Hence, everyone knows medicine is Nicholas' first love, and perhaps his only love. He's happy with his life exactly as it is. He's not interested in marriage, nor does he have time for it.

The Queen, however, definitely has marriage in mind and she's determined to see her 'doctor son' settled. She's paraded several princesses and heiresses before him but none have caught his eye -- until he meets Tara York, a shy, quiet, clumsy, plain looking, most hideously dressed heiress. Suddenly, it's not so tedious sitting through another 'matchmaking' dinner organized by his mother. In fact, Nicholas is quite definitely intrigued by the billionaire's daughter and before long, he decides the best way to avoid marriage is to get engaged!

Lacking an interest in getting married, Tara York has learnt to hide behind ugly dresses and thick unflattering eye glasses she doesn't really need. She's also perfected down to a fine art the illusion of appearing boring. It's the only way to keep the fortune hunters at bay - men who want her only because of her father's money or because of what her father can do for them.

Upon her arrival in Marceau to meet Prince Nicholas, marriage Prospect Number Eight, she's determined to spend as much time as possible holed up in her room in order to avoid him, and make serious progress with her own secret project. Things don't quite go the way she hopes because one look at Tara and Nicholas becomes suspicious of the game she's playing. He convinces her to play a slightly different game which will help ease the marriage pressure off both of them... but before it's over, will they both end up losing their hearts?

With her usual aplomb, beautifully talented romance author Leanne Banks brings her fans a new story to savor and another gorgeous hero to fall in love with.

Nicholas and Tara are rich, intriguing characters who charm the reader from the first moment. It was easy to fall under the spell of the Doctor Prince. All the characters in this wonderful romance are full of warmth and definitely colorful, pulling the reader deep into their world quite easily. Watching Nicholas discover Tara's beauty hidden behind those ugly dresses was loads of fun. I really enjoy stories like this one. The intriguing plot is tightly woven with intense sexual chemistry and the friendship that develops between Nicholas and Tara is beautifully portrayed.

Leanne Banks' HIS MAJESTY, M.D. is a romance readers of Silhouette Desire will want to savor and enjoy over and over again!

Reviewed by Leena Hyat
Posted May 22, 2002

Summary

Silhouette Desire Man of the Month

"Being engaged is the perfect way to avoid being married." - - Prince Nicholas Dumont

Prince Nicholas's royal relations were forever trying to marry him off to this princess or that heiress. But their latest choice -- a shy, awkward American billionaire's daughter, more interested in computers than men -- was a disaster. And that made her the perfect "fiancee"...

A fake engagement to this "ugly duckling" would let him return to his first love -- medicine-- and would surely never go anywhere. Except... Tara York was turning into a swan -- a confident, sensual, extremely desirable woman -- before his very eyes. And suddently he was aching to truly make her his princess...