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The Prince & the Apocalypse

by Kara McDowell

Subject
Royalty
Age
Teen
Format
Trade Paperback
Pages
320
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Size
13.8 cm × 21.0 cm
ISBN
9781250873064

An American teen stranded in London is forced to team up with the British crown prince if she wants to make it back home before the end of the world in this delightfully rompy high-stakes rom-com.

Wren Wheeler has flown five thousand miles across the ocean to discover she’s the worst kind of traveler: the kind who just wants to go home. Her senior-year trip to London was supposed to be life-changing, but by the last day, Wren’s perfectly-planned itinerary is in tatters. There's only one item left to check off: breakfast at The World’s End restaurant. The one thing she can still get right.

The restaurant is closed for renovations—of course—but there's a boy there, too. A very cute boy with a posh British accent who looks remarkably like the errant Prince Theo, on the run from the palace and his controlling mother. When Wren helps him escape a pack of tourists, the Prince scribbles down his number and offers her one favor in return. She doesn’t plan to take him up on it—until she gets to the airport and sees cancelled flights and chaos. A comet is approaching Earth, and the world is ending in eight days. Suddenly, that favor could be her only chance to get home to her family before the end of the world.

Wren strikes a bargain with the runaway prince: if she’ll be his bodyguard from London to his family’s compound in Santorini, he can charter her a private jet home in time to say goodbye. Traveling through Europe by boat, train, and accidentally stolen automobile, Wren finds herself drawn to the dryly sarcastic, surprisingly vulnerable Theo. But the Prince has his own agenda, one that could derail both their plans. When life as they know it will be over in days, is it possible to find a happy ending?

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What reviewers said

“Chaos, certain death, and a dash of sweet romance – this book was exactly the European summer vacation I needed.”
NPR
“A charming, high-stakes rom-com…two parts entertaining chaos and one part charming banter.”
Paste Magazine
“Witty banter and romantic tension between the leads, combined with a fast-paced plot…A charming escapist romance.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Readers who like a dose of adventure with their romance will devour this page-turner (and hope for a sequel).”
School Library Journal
“A treat for fans of rollicking, romantic road trip novels or rom-coms in which independent-minded young women fall for intelligent, good-looking princes.”
Booklist
“Hard-hitting lines create tension between plenty of deadpan and situational humor…Enchanting entertainment.”
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