Royally Endowed (Royally, #3) by Emma Chase

Royally Endowed (Royally, #3) by Emma Chase
SUMMARY 

Logan St. James is a smoldering, sexy beast. Sure, he can be a little broody at times—but Ellie Hammond’s willing to overlook that. Because, have you seen him??

Sexy. As. Hell.

And Ellie’s perky enough for both of them.

For years, she’s had a crush on the intense, gorgeous royal security guard—but she doesn’t think he ever saw her, not really.

To Logan, Ellie was just part of the job—a relative of the royal family he’d sworn to protect. Now, at 22 years old and fresh out of college, she’s determined to put aside her X-rated dreams of pat-downs and pillow talk, and find a real life happily ever after.

The Queen of Wessco encourages Ellie to follow in her sister’s footsteps and settle down with a prince of her own. Or a duke, a marquis…a viscount would also do nicely.

But in the pursuit of a fairy tale ending, Ellie learns that the sweetest crushes can be the hardest to let go.
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Logan St. James grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a family on the wrong side of the law. But these days, he covers his tattoos and scars with a respectable suit. He’s handsome, loyal, brave, skilled with his hands and…other body parts.

Any woman would be proud to call him hers.

But there’s only one woman he wants.

For years he’s watched over her, protected her, held her hair back when she was sick, taught her how to throw a punch, and spot a liar.

He dreams of her. Would lay down his life for her.

But beautiful Ellie Hammond’s off-limits.

Everybody knows the bodyguard rules: Never lose focus, never let them out of your sight, and never, ever fall in love. 

MY REVIEW 

To sweet crushes and slow burns. 

When Nicholas met Olivia in the first book of the series, Logan met Ellie.

Logan was Nicholas’ bodyguard and apparently the man who trusted the most. Ellie was Olivia’s little sister who still went to school. 

When Nicholas and Olivia fell in love and they went to Wessco, Ellie needed to stay back with her all the time drunk father to keep their little shop and to finish her studies. Nicholas asked the man who trusted the most i.e. our boy Logan to stay in New York and protect Ellie.

Ellie will develop a crush for Logan and Logan will notice it, but they will not act on it. Years will go by. Olivia and Ellie’s father will be finally sober and more content. Ellie will finish school and studies. And at some point Logan and Ellie will go back to Wessco so that Ellie can help her very pregnant sister. The Queen will interfere and she will try to make arrangements with the intention that Ellie can get a suitable husband.
And finally FINALLY, five years after they first met, Logan will confess Ellie his feelings.

We are talking about a really slow SLOW burn romance here. Logan and Ellie will have to test their feelings for many years, while the rest of the Royal families have their troubles and their moments of happiness.

I adored this book for a number of reasons:
- It was seriously funny. The scene where the dog ate the pies, made me cry from laughter. (“Bosco, noooooo!”)
- It has a royal theme which is not cheesy ,with a totally believable plot – at least for all of us the romantics. (A royal a wedding is a major event on any day, but when the royal getting married is the former Crown Prince who gave up the throne for an American girl he couldn’t live without? It’s a madhouse.)
-It has two really strong main characters who took off the Wessco Kingdom’s story and created their own, strong, unique story. Ellie has exceeded my expectations and she was not lost under Olivia’s strong personality. Logan is an exceptional case of a male character: proud, strong, protective, humble, easygoing, ready to kill and be killed for his beliefs and for the people he loves.
-It has the bodyguard theme that falls in love with the rebel girl. One of my All-Time favorite themes.

I read this book during my summer holidays and I could not have chosen a more suitable book in order to have a great time!

Note: I really did not like it when Nicholas left his throne to marry Olivia. I thought it was not fair and I believed there could be no suitable king for Wessco other than Nicholas. I somehow felt a bit better when Nicholas confides to Logan that he has never regretted it:

“Besides, when it’s all said and done . . . I’m still a prince and you can still kill anyone in the room with your bare fucking hands. So . . .” He taps his bottle to mine, “cheers.”