Reading order · 3 books · 2018 to 2019
Reluctant Royals Books in Order
The Reluctant Royals books are warm, funny contemporary romances about ordinary people who find themselves tangled up with royalty, from a New York graduate student to a Scottish duke and a European prince.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2018 to 2019
- First book
- A Princess in Theory
- Latest
- A Prince on Paper (2019)
The reading order
Every Reluctant Royals book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books
- 1A Princess in Theory2018Naledi Smith, a busy epidemiology graduate student in New York, keeps getting emails claiming she is betrothed to an African prince.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Duke by Default2018With Portia Hobbs and Tavish McKenziePortia Hobbs, determined to sort out her chaotic life, takes an apprenticeship with a gruff Edinburgh swordsmith, Tavish McKenzie, who turns out to be heir to a dukedom.Buy on Amazon
- 3A Prince on Paper2019With Nya Jerami and Johan von BrausteinNya Jerami returns from Thesolo to the small European country of Liechtienbourg and finds herself in a fake relationship with Prince Johan von Braustein, a royal celebrity hounded by the press.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book has a new couple, so they can be read alone, but reading in order lets the friendships between them build.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Portia Hobbs | Tavish McKenzie | Nya Jerami | Johan von Braustein | Naledi Smith | Prince Thabiso |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 A Princess in Theory | ·Minor | ·Minor | ||||
| 2 A Duke by Default | LLead | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor | ||
| 3 A Prince on Paper | LLead | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Reluctant Royals books
6 characters from Alyssa Cole’s chart, with the number of Reluctant Royals books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Portia HobbsHeiress apprenticed to a swordmaker | 1 | A Duke by Default 2018 |
| Tavish McKenzieSwordmaker and secret duke | 1 | A Duke by Default 2018 |
| Nya JeramiShy daughter of a traitor | 1 | A Prince on Paper 2019 |
| Johan von BrausteinPlayboy prince | 1 | A Prince on Paper 2019 |
| Naledi SmithEpidemiology student | 3 | A Princess in Theory 2018 |
| Prince ThabisoCrown prince of Thesolo | 3 | A Princess in Theory 2018 |