The Heir Apparent

An irresistible modern fairy tale about a British princess who must decide between her duty to her family–or to her own heart It’s New Year’s Day in Tasmania and the life Lexi Villiers has carefully built is working out nicely: she’s in the second year of her medical residency,she lives on a beautiful farm with her two best friends Finn and Jackand she’s about to finally become more-than-friendly with Jack–when a helicopter abruptly lands. Out steps her grandmother’s right-hand-manwith the tragic news that her father and older brother have been killed in a skiing accident. Lexi’s grandmother happens to be the Queen of Englandand in addition to the shock and griefLexi must now accept the reality that she is suddenly next in line for the throne–a role she has publicly disavowed. Returning to London as the heir apparent Princess AlexandrinaLexi is greeted by a skeptical public not ready to forgive her defectiona grieving sister-in-law harboring an explosive secretand a scheming uncle determined to claim the throne himself. Her recent life–and Jack–grow ever more distant as she feels the tug of traditionof love for her grandmotherand of obligation. When her grandmother grants her one year to decideLexi must choose her own destiny: will it be determined by an accident of birth–or by love?