Here are links to books one and two about Melissa/Honey:Hester Browne created a unique heroine in Melissa Romney-Jones a.k.a. Honey, London's ultimate freelance girlfriend, who won the hearts of readers on both sides of the Atlantic in her "charming and feel-good"(Cosmopolitan) and "funny and original" (People) earlier adventures. Now her New York Times bestselling series sparkles brighter than ever as irrepressible Melissa is hired to reform a playboy prince -- and finds she could get used to the royal treatment.
Making plans for her wedding to American fiancé Jonathan Riley, who now runs a prestigious Parisian real estate company, Melissa agrees to do a favor for her beloved grandmother: transform the notorious Prince Nicolas von Helsing-Alexandros into a proper gentleman for the sake of preserving a family inheritance. Even possessive Jonathan agrees it's a great opportunity to make social connections. But taming a prince might prove too big a professional challenge for Melissa when she's confronting so many seismic changes in her own personal life.
Jonathan needs her in Paris. Her sister Emery's newborn son needs a christening ceremony, as well as a proper name. Emery herself needs Melissa -- to protect her from their bulldog nanny who's returned to do much more than babysit. Most unsettling of all, Nelson needs her to find him a new flatmate because she'll be moving out soon. Balancing all this with late-night dinners, polo matches, and a Mediterranean cruise with Prince Nicky, who is as charming as he is exasperating, suddenly has bride-to-be Melissa dreaming of a fairy-tale ending -- and not the one she expected!
Finally, the end and the answer to the big question-does Melissa end up with Jonathan and if not, who does she end up with? If you want to know the answer, you're going to have to read almost the whole book, but there are plenty of hints in all 3 books so if you have half a brain and you've read chic lit you'll be able to figure it out. In Book 2, Melissa dumped Jonathan because he wanted her to change who she was (or something like that) and then took him back when he apologized with a ring. Now she's planning her wedding, her friend Gabi's wedding, her nephew's christening (Emery is by far the best character), and commuting to Paris on the weekends to spend time with Jonathan. And then her grandmother convinces her to take on her biggest client yet-an actual prince. This prince, however, turns out to be not only her biggest client, but her biggest challenge, and does not act very princely. He acts more like tabloid fodder, living the high life and not behaving how he should. All this is going on while Melissa is also trying to set up her roommate/best friend Nelson with her old school friends. As usual, Melissa is trying to run everyone's life and not realizing that if she just stopped helping, they'd learn how to take care of themselves and not be so darn helpless.
I love Nelson. Nelson is the ideal guy, because his few imperfections are outweighed by his many virtues and those imperfections only make him more lovable. Despite my great love for him, Emery is my favorite character. Unlike Allegra, who gets people to do the things she doesn't want to by being mean and throwing a fit, Emery just makes herself seem incapable because of her dreaminess. Emery lives in her own bubble and yet somehow, no one resents her. The girl didn't even know her own due date when she was pregnant. The scene when Melissa found out Emery was pregnant and then her water broke was the best non-romantic scene in the whole book. The best romantic scene were the ones at the end when Melissa confessed her true feelings, and the last one in the book. Allegra also had her moment to shine-and I loved how Melissa utilized Allegra's talents for causing trouble.
5 stars.
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