The Prince's Virgin Wife

Sweet, kind and generous Maggie Thomson has led a quiet life, living on the fringes of other’s more exciting lives. After losing her parents at the tender age of eight, she spent her growing up years as a foster child where she learns she is nothing but a built in housekeeper. As soon as she is able, Maggie moves out on her own. To support herself she takes jobs as a housekeeper while going to college in the hopes of one day opening a day care center. It is as a housekeeper she meets Tom Prince and while they agree that their relationship will be simply employer/employee, they soon find that they are also good friends.

Tom Prince is the alter ego of Principe Tomasso Scorsolini. Tomasso created Tom Prince in an effort to live the normal life of a graduate student and to have friends…and dates…based on Tom the man, not Tomasso the prince. When he meets Liana, he believes her to be everything he could wish for in a wife and princess. Sadly, he soon learns that Liana shares none of his deepest dreams. After Liana dies in a tragic accident Tomasso seeks not only a nanny for his children, he is seeking a wife who will bring peace and comfort to his life and be a loving mother to his children. That woman is Maggie.

It has been many years since this reviewer has read a Harlequin and author Lucy Monroe reminded her of just how fun these books can be to read. In THE PRINCE’S VIRGIN WIFE, one of the books of Scorsolini Princes trilogy, Ms. Monroe weaves a tender and so very romantic love story. With both Maggie and Tomasso shielding their hearts from further hurt, it is Tomasso’s sense of right and duty that entwines the couple. A man of principle and honor he is ready to wed and bed Maggie. While he desperately wants Maggie’s love, he is unable to see how very much in love with Maggie he is.

Throughout THE PRINCE’S VIRGIN WIFE, Ms. Monroe takes her readers to far away places and a world of stirring romance. This was the perfect book to escape with on vacation. With just the right blend of romantic tension, it is a love story that fulfills a reader’s own dreamy imaginings.

Each book in the Scorsolini Prince’s trilogy is a stand-alone; this reviewer encourages the reader to allow Ms. Monroe to enchant them with all.

May 2007