Title: The Nerd and the Prince
Series: Small-Town Dreams 01 / Dreamspun Desires 66
Author: BG Thomas
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (264 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (18 September 2018)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Blurb: Prince Charming is the man next door.
Small-town business owner Jason Brewster has big dreams: world travel, adventure, and most of all, a passionate romance worthy of a fairy tale. But he doesn’t believe fantasies can come true….
Until Adam moves in next door.
He’s handsome, cultured, European, and best of all, interested in Jason. It’s like something out of the stories Jason loves.
But Adam—whose real name is Amadeo Montefalcone—has a secret. He’s royalty, prince of the small country of Monterosia. Only he doesn’t want to rule, and especially doesn’t want the loveless marriage waiting for him at home. So he ran away in search of true love. With a man. And with Jason, he finds it.
But Adam can’t run forever. The truth will come out. If Jason can forgive Adam’s deception, they might find their happily ever after.
ISBN: 978-1-64080-531-6
Product Link: Dreamspinner Press | Amazon US | Amazon UK
Reviewer: Prime
Review: The Nerd and The Prince by BG Thomas a proper fairytale, royal romance type story that is probably more than a few people’s guilty pleasure. This was the first time I’ve read anything by Thomas and I have to say I found his writing style very pleasing and easy to get into. This story was a lot of fun. Unlike some other stories, he did the drama and secret keeping thing without making it explode to provide more, and probably, unnecessary drama. The Prince knew he was falling in love and that he had to tell his nerd the truth and I liked how this all went down. It was a very refreshing change.
The story is simple enough. Prince Amadeo Montefalcone of Monterosia, a relatively unknown European principality, decides to run away so he can live a normal life, at least for a little, as an out gay man instead on being forced into marriage with a woman. The principality itself is fictional, but the town that Amadeo tell people he is from, Trieste, is near the Italian/Slovenian border. He runs away to small town America and becomes Adam, a cultured Italian man looking to experience a bit of the US. Then Adam meets his neighbor, the owner of a small book store and café/diner, who dreams of one day travelling the world and falling head over heals for his prince charming. The two guys have chemistry, there is no doubt of that, but there is, naturally, the obstacle of the whole gay prince thing and said prince not telling anyone his real identity as he falls in love.
The Nerd and the Prince is a totally sweet and fluffy story. It was fun just to unwind with, a true romantic story. I can’t wait to see what else BG Thomas has in store for us in this series.