Aimee Carter

Perfect reading for fans of Red, White and Royal Blue and The King is Dead, Carter's deliciously dark romcom finds the illegitimate daughter of the King of England accused of murdering a journalist's son.

Totally addictive and packed full of glamour, scandal and romance, Royal Blood is The Princess Diaries with murder. Kicked out of her American boarding school, Evan is sent to live with her estranged father, the King of England.

Her existence as his illegitimate daughter is top secret - until someone leaks it to the press. Suddenly she's the focus of a thousand lurid headlines, plus the hatred of her stepmother the Queen and half-sister Princess Maisie.

Then the royal scandal intensifies... After Evan is seen disappearing with a journalist's son at a party, he is found dead and she becomes the primary suspect in a murder investigation. Did "the Killer Princess" really do it? It seems that only the Queen's gorgeous nephew Kit will help Evan clear her name. But can she really trust anyone at the palace? "A slick, addictive page-turner and, quite simply, a hell of a lot of fun." The Bookseller.