Review: A Night in the Prince's Bed by Chantelle Shaw

A Night in the Prince's Bed by Chantelle Shaw
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Night in the Prince’s Bed by Chantelle Shaw was a pretty good read.

There were some things that made this story unique and interesting to read:

I can’t remember even reading a Mills & Boon book set in a Nordic country and made an interesting change from the usual settings i.e. Greece, England, Italy, etc.

Loved the parts set in the hero’s snow lodge, where they see the Northern lights from his “little” hideaway, before all the lights go off….

Totally romantic setting….i kept thinking of the two riding on a sleigh…..I mean….doesn’t every girl want to do this ride with a real Prince!!!

A blond hero…normally not my kind of guy but it made a nice change. Although I did find Prince Aksel a bit cold and remote…yes, his life experiences hadn’t been that great…tragedy and betrayals…and here’s me thinking that a life of a Prince was too fabulous for words!!

The heroine, Mina – this is the first time I have read a story in a Mills & Boon novels, where the heroine is disabled….she has a hearing impediment and wears an hearing aid. However, she doesn’t let this stand in her way…she’s become an actress, is confident and has lots of spirit and knows what she wants from life!!! I liked her a lot.

I would have liked to feel more of passion between the two….the Prince is hot for her one minute and then blows cold the next!!! Not that Mina gives it back to him too!!! A bit too much angst at times!!! Do you need to have so much drama!!!!!Come on guys….go with the flow in this most romantic place and setting I say!!!

Another thing I enjoyed was the first chapter…the opening setting of the story….

The unique design of Shakespeare's Globe on London's South Bank meant that the actors on stage could see the individual faces of the audience. The theatre was a modern reconstruction of the famous Elizabethan playhouse, an amphitheatre with an open roof, above which the sky was now turning to indigo as dusk gathered. To try to recreate the atmosphere of the original theatre, minimal lighting was used, and without the glare of footlights Mina could clearly see the man's chiseled features; his razor-edged cheekbones and resolute jaw shaded with stubble that exacerbated his raw masculinity.

His mouth was unsmiling, almost stern, yet his lips held a sensual promise that Mina found intriguing. From the stage she could not make out the colour of his eyes, but she noted the lighter streaks in his dark blond hair. He was wearing the same black leather jacket he had worn on the three previous evenings, and he was so devastatingly sexy that Mina could not tear her eyes from him.

How cool was it that setting was the Globe Theatre in London???? Made it feel so real and interesting…

Anyway, Prince Charming..oops..sorry, I mean..Prince Aksel finally gets his head together…sorts himself out….Mina does too….and what happens???? Of course there’s an HEA….

Oh, you say it’s a spoiler!!!! Of course it is!!! But we all know that in the end, everything works out and everyone lives HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!! Would we be reading Mills & Boon novels if it ended any other way!!!!!

So, if you want to read a little romantic love story with a bit of a difference, get this book!!!!


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