cover image A Royal Christmas Wedding

A Royal Christmas Wedding

Rachel Hauck. Zondervan, $9.99 trade paper (240) ISBN 9780310344537

American volleyball star Avery Truitt believes she has gotten over her long-past teenage love, Prince Colin of Brighton Kingdom, who stood her up four and a half years ago. But when she leaves Georgia to visit the kingdom, where her sister is married to the king, she realizes she is not as over the handsome young prince as she thinks she is. Colin is now dating an actress, but the appearance of Avery at the palace causes him to doubt his past decisions and plans for his future. When people start talking about the tradition of the Chapel Tower bell%E2%80%94in which a man rings the bell at midnight to declare his love and asks the woman he loves to marry him on Christmas Day%E2%80%94Colin protests any desire to ring the bell. Two nosy TV personalities keep the media abuzz with the royal romance, or lack thereof, and add a touch of humor to Hauck's (The Wedding Dress) sweet love story of a royal prince and a down-home girl at Christmastime. (Oct.)