In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh

 Back Cover: It seems like a dream come true . . . until it forces her to question everything.

Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer vacations with her mother to Martha's Vineyard. But everything changes when her mom drops a bombshell--Brielle is really a princess in the island kingdom of Ọlọrọ Ilé, off the coast of Africa, and she must immediately assume her royal position, since the health of her grandfather, the king, is failing.

Distraught by all the secrets her mother kept, Brielle is further left spinning when the Ọlọrọ Ilé Royal Council brings up an old edict that states she must marry before her coronation, or the crown will pass to another. Brielle is uncertain if she even wants the throne, and with her world totally shaken, where will she find the courage to take a chance on love and brave the perils a wrong decision may bring?

Review: This book was adorable! The ultimate feel-good chick flick. This fun read filled me with all the good feals. It made me smile, it made me laugh, and it made me swoon from the utter sweetness of this love story. 

Bri is an American elementary school teacher, and only child of her single mother. When a sudden phone call promps her mother to reveal that her father, who had died before she was born, was actually an African prince,  Bri is stunned as well as furious. Her mother had kept this from her? A secret this large? Determined to meet her grandfather she journies to Africa - in a private jet, with her new royal secretary, her best friend, and a very charming palace runner. Everything is surreal. A week before she was teaching school children... now people are bowing to her and calling her "majesty"? 

Everything is going well - if not overwhelming - until the council informs Bri that she must be married before she can assume position of queen when her ailing grandfather passes... and she doesn't have much time. The frantic search begins.... to hilarious and adorable results.

I really loved this book. It was just so sweet and fun. If your looking for a fun chickflick to read instead of watch one Friday night, then this is the book for you!

(Also...isn't the cover GORGEOUS!?!)

Thank-you to Baker Publishing House and Graf Martin Communications for a copy of this book.