Brushes with Royalty

By: Lady Heartswell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Brushes with Royalty

Luna Blackwood thought the worst thing about fleeing to Paris after her life imploded was the overpriced coffee. She never expected to fall for a mysterious stranger who spent his nights debating art in hidden cafés and his days pretending to be just another struggling creative.

But Rashid Al-Nazari isn't just another artist with paint under his fingernails and poetry in his soul. He's the Crown Prince of Qadir, and Luna only discovers his true identity when she finds diplomatic passports scattered across his apartment floor.

Heartbroken and humiliated, Luna returns to her rain-soaked English hometown of Hollingsworth, determined to save the historic textile mill that's the lifeblood of her community. She throws herself into the fight, using her art to rally support and preserve the jobs of half the town.

Then Rashid shows up on her doorstep. Not in royal regalia or surrounded by bodyguards, but as a simple foundation representative offering the exact funding her mill desperately needs.

Now Luna faces an impossible choice: accept help from the man who lied to her about everything, or watch her community crumble. But as she and Rashid work together to bridge the gap between their two worlds, she begins to wonder if maybe they've both been running from who they really are.

Can a small-town artist and a desert prince create something beautiful together, or are some boundaries too vast to cross?

A sweeping contemporary romance about second chances, cultural preservation, and discovering that love isn't about finding someone who fits into your world—it's about building a new world together.