Princess Ever After by Rachel Hauck

Doesn't every little girl dream of being a princess someday- to wear a tiara, have a closet full of ballroom gowns, live in a castle, and run a country?  Regina Beswick remembers her grandmother's fairy tale stories, but never imagined they were about a country named Hessenberg and she is the princess the country is looking for to end the 100 years entail.  She is content living in Florida with her father and step-mom and busy starting her own classic auto restoration business.  Then Tanner Burkhardt shows up on a mission for the Grand Duchy of Hessenberg.  Although he has proof that she is the long-lost princess, Regina is unsure of her identity.  She questions herself...how could she have lived for 25 years and not known her true identity?  Add that to the fact that she has no idea how to run a country! Throw in a little political opposition from the governor who wants to rule the country himself and you have Rachel Hauck's latest novel in the Royal Wedding Series.  I have read the first novel in the series and some reference is made to King Nathanial and his fiancée Susanna, but you don't have to be familiar with the first book to enjoy the second.  There are references to history in the early 1900's, before World War I, in some of the letters that Regina finds from her grandmother, so it made the fairy tale story seem more real.  And with all the interest in America of the royal family of England with Princess Kate and Prince William,  Rachel Hauck portrays a modern day fairy tale that most American young women would enjoy!  Zondervan provided me with a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.