Amy is a professional landscape artist, gardener. Leo is a modern day prince working in the world of finance. He is also "babysitting" his younger brother Rolf, a terror at parties who maneuvers through the world with charm and sex appeal.
Rolf literally crashes Amy's flat mate's party. He destroys Amy's "Dream Seeds", the key to her business expansion. Leo cleans up his brother's mess, and "WaLa", it's attraction. Amy, though, does not know that Rolf and Leo are brothers. Thus she fails to deduce that Leo, too, is a prince.
Like a spring bouquet, The Runaway Princess, elicited from me a smug little smile and a contented sigh. I knew what was going to happen, with a few sneaky twists being the exception. Amy made me laugh, and her friendship with Jo was simply fun. Of course, in this common girl falls in love with the prince story; the prince is lovely, every girl dream and Amy falls. I wasn't looking for more.
But, more was what I got. Amy is complex and Leo isn't perfect. She runs her own business and is savvy about promoting and expanding it. Like Leo, she is a confident in her work life, unlike Leo she is less sure about her personal life.
Some other reviewers found her quirks irksome, viewing her as whiny. I didn't. The fact that she's a little star struck by Leo's "courtship" and undone by his royal family made her more realistic and relatable. Furthermore, she does find her footing, not an easy task when you fall for a man like Leo, confident and self assured. Amy doesn't quiver and give in, even as she navigates the brutal waters of paparazzi, royalty, and new in-laws.
This story was a fun, clean and current romance; it hints at reality but is also nicely situated between comedy and romance.
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