Description
Crowned follows a character named Mara Clare who is a waitress in Chicago. She has never felt connected to anyone. Even her parents never seemed to love her. Therefore, her escape came through the pages of books. On her 25th birthday, she gets a call to come into work. That one phone call changes her life forever. While at work, she meets a mysterious gentleman named Peter, they converse and realize that there's this magnetic attraction that seems to keep drawing them closer. There is an unknown pull connecting them together but sadly he is engaged to be married. She's hurt and ultimately decides to leave her shift but Peter will not let her go until he explains. Despite her better judgment, she cannot ignore their attraction and she caves. They walk towards the Bean in Chicago and she realizes that he is betrothed to someone he has never met, that he isn't allowed to choose his own happiness. Love and romance is not something that is allowed for people like him. She cannot grasp how he is okay with not finding love and something inside of her pities him. They share a moment underneath the starlight, and the next day he is gone. Weeks past and Mara cannot stop thinking about Peter. It isn't until she is on a date with someone that one of his friends, who she met before, interrupts her date and whisks her away. Peter's friend explains that Peter is royalty, crowned prince of Andorra, and that he hasn't stopped thinking about her. Mara makes the choice to go to Andorra, putting her life on the line, but will she win the princes's heart? Or will she give up everything for nothing? Crowned is a modern-day fairy-tale with unlikely spins and a whirlwind of an ending. Mara is whisked into the world of the royals and her race, stature, and entire well-being is put in jeopardy. Find out what happens after once upon a time...
Chapter 1 The Call That Changed Everything
