Carrying the King's Pride

#3412 Kingdoms & Crowns

by Jennifer Hayward

Harlequin (Presents)

Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Romance: Category Romance

February 23, 2016

ISBN-10: 0373134185

ISBN-13: 9780373134182

Available in: Paperback

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Carrying the King's Pride
by Jennifer Hayward

Carrying the King’s Pride, book one of the
Kingdoms & Crowns series received a Romantic Times
Magazine
Top Pick for March.

Kingdoms & Crowns: Young royals in reckless pursuit of
passion
When a centuries-old battle between the kingdoms of
Akathinia and Carnelia is reignited, the nation’s
young royals find themselves on the brink of war. But their
kingdoms aren’t the only thing at stake. Soon these
young monarchs are facing an unexpected royal baby, a lost
princess and an alliance with the enemy. Can love conquer
all?

A marriage for the monarch

One last New York night with Sofia Ramirez is all Prince
Nikandros Constantinides allowed himself before returning to
Akathinia, after a dreadful accident took his
brother’s life. But before the royal rebel is crowned,
Nik discovers that he didn’t leave Sofia behind alone!

In a baby’s heartbeat, Nik turns Sofia’s world
upside down and whisks her away to his Mediterranean
kingdom. Dissolving a politically perfect engagement is not
what Nik—or his country—had in mind, but this
proud prince will do whatever it takes to legitimize his new
rule…with a wife and child!



Jennifer Hayward's Bio

Award-winning author JENNIFER HAYWARD has been a fan of romance and adventure since filching her sister’s Harlequin Presents novels to escape her teenaged angst.

Jennifer penned her first romance at nineteen. When it was rejected, she bristled at her mother’s suggestion that she needed more life experience. She went on to complete a journalism degree and intern as a sports broadcaster before settling into a career in public relations. Years of working alongside powerful, charismatic CEOs and traveling the world provided perfect fodder for the arrogant alpha males she loves to write, and free research on some of the world’s most glamorous locales.

A suitable amount of life experience under her belt, she sat down and conjured up the sexiest, most delicious Italian wine magnate she could imagine, had him make his biggest mistake and gave him a wife on the run. That story, The Divorce Party, won her Harlequin’s 2012 So You Think You Can Write contest and a book contract. Turns out, Mother knew best.

Jennifer is the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Best Harlequin Presents for 2014 winner for her novel, The Magnate’s Manifesto, which also received a Harlequin Junkie Top Pick award for 2014. She is also a New Jersey Romance Writers of America Golden Leaf Contest finalist in the 2014 Short Contemporary Romance category.

A native of Canada’s gorgeous East coast, Jennifer now lives in Toronto with her Viking husband and their young Viking-in-training.