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The Prince's Plan Kindle Edition

by E. M. Youman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.8 88 ratings

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In the tragic aftermath of a weekend in Lima, Peru, singer Danny Roland, loses more than just his reputation. He reemerges two years later in New York City, physical unscathed, but emotionally shattered and his heart permanently closed to vacancies. Danny vows to turn his life around by dipping back into the world of prying paparazzi and vengeful exes searching for fame, fortune and salvation.

Marnie Ducello is an ex-prostitute, with her own set of scars, and together Danny and Marnie bond over what they won’t speak on. As they work together, Marnie is swept into the glitz and glamour of showbiz as Danny whisks her around the world. With Marnie’s help Danny begins to see the world in a new light, one where love is possible. But Marnie herself is a mystery. Danny needs to know more about the woman he’s falling for.

On a layover in Chicago, Danny plans a surprise for Marnie. But the surprise uncovers a long-buried secret that jeopardizes everything they’ve worked so hard to build. Marnie must come to terms with the painful secrets that haunt her or she’ll risk losing Danny forever.
They’re both broken…but maybe together they can be unbreakable.

What readers are saying about the Prince's Plan...
" Deeply engrossing. Made my day!"

"With The Prince's Plan, E. M. Youman presents you a fresh and delightful story. A book that will be read by you more than once."

"I kind of knew what to expect going into this book. But at the same time, it was a complete mystery. Both characters have . . . issues and sufferings. The author is very clear and gives detail straight forward when expressing them. Danny's character had me reeling. Marnie's dark past was heartbreaking. To be straight honest, I teared up at some parts."

"If you want some tough and gritty drama, real characters and situations with a romance that finally ends in a HEA then try this."

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"Readers who look for love stories firmly centered in realistic scenarios and protagonists who are not only imperfect, but broken, will find The Prince's Plan weaves a solid tale spiced by family drama, permeated with mood swings, and complicated by patterns of the past and an effort to build a different future: "All she ever wanted since Paul turned her life upside down through alcohol and drugs, was to go somewhere where no one knew her as a whore or a victim."

Romance readers who appreciate more psychological depth and social commentary than most typical love stories will find much different - and much to like - in The Prince's Plan."
~D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of a genie that took her on magical journeys, many of which may have included scenes from the Nancy Drew series (shh!!). Then one day she discovered Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy and became obsessed with heart wrenching romances. When she's not watching tearjerkers, she's usually writing them. E.M. Youman is a freelance writer from Oakland, CA. She has a B.A. and Master in Communication. Some of her short stories have been published by The Bowman's Inn, Black Cat Press, S/tick Magazine and IFF. When she's not writing fiction, E.M. Youman, works at an independent record label. She lives in California, loves dark chocolate, and is a macaroni and cheddar cheese junkie.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MRZH7TW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Will Records Publishing (February 7, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1508 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 498 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,516,659 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- #2,089 in City Life Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,699 in Contemporary Urban Fiction

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Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of a genie that took her on magical journeys, many of which may have included scenes from the Nancy Drew series (shh!!). Then one day she discovered Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy and became obsessed with heart wrenching romances. When she’s not watching tearjerkers, she’s usually writing them.

E.M. Youman is a freelance writer from Oakland, CA. She has a B.A. and Master in Communication. Some of her short stories have been published by The Bowman’s Inn, Black Cat Press, S/tick Magazine and IFF. When she’s not writing fiction, E.M. Youman, works at an independent record label. She lives in California, loves dark chocolate, and is a macaroni and cheddar cheese junkie.

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Reggaewoman

Intense and long read

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2023

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Addicts dealing with recovery and the challenges they faced. Intense and long book.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2017

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Exceptional storytelling, even with the outrageous tigers thrown in. Although it served a purpose, it was preposterous and a bit silly. Two addicts that overcame their pasts for a future.

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M.N. Family

Drugs and tigers, oh my!

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018

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The story of Danny, a rock star, recovering addict and Marnie, a down in her luck addict. Danny decides to help Marnie overcome her addiction by giving her a job. The reader is invested in their story, trying to figure out how it will end. The part with the tigers--I was expecting someone to wake up from a heavy drug session since it wasn't realistic. I did receive a copy of this book for a review, but my amazon account tells me I purchased it in 2017.

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2017

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Marnie and Danny's story is an emotional journey that explores the pain and suffering of drug addiction. Danny seems to have it all but in reality fame and fortune are no protection. Marnie is at her wit's end. She realizes that we all deserve a second chance and that help can make make them both stronger. I cared for these two damaged characters. Their struggles touched me. I wanted them to find the peace and strength that they so desperately sought. E. M. Youman has written powerful characters that draw you in and make you care for them. I couldn't stop reading until I learned how it would all end. This author is new to me but I definitely want to read more of her books. I enjoyed The Prince's Plan. Her well drawn plot, strong characters and powerful dialogue are an unbeatable combination.

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Jeannie Zelos

If you want some tough and gritty drama, real characters and situations with a romance that finally ends in a HEA then try this.

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2016

The Prince's Plan, E. M. Youman

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Genre: New Adult, Romance

I really didn’t know what to expect with this, loved the description but the author only has a 14 page short, and a quick non fic read out, so they weren’t any help for me to try to see if her writing style and I gel.
I hummed and hawed for a bit and finally took the plunge.

And I’m so glad I did. Don’t be fooled by the title, this is no fluffy romance, no fifty times removed royalty tale, but a very realistic and at times gritty romance. I really enjoyed it even though it was very slow to get started.

That start was just so, so slow though, and TBH I didn’t like what we saw of either Danny or Marnie to begin. He comes over as a typical selfish, arrogant star, only wanting to help Marnie to appease guilt he feels over his past. Marnie is just an enigma, we don’t know why or how but she’s prostituting herself for drugs, and doesn’t want to get clean.
I really couldn’t take to them, and maybe if this hadn’t been a review I’d have given up, but that would be a shame and I’d have missed out on what's been a great read, with characters that are flawed, do things wrong, aren’t always grateful for help – real people actually just like most of us.

Addicts have their own code of morality – basically everything is someone else’s fault. They steal, its your fault for putting temptation in front of them, take drugs when they’ve promised to give up – your fault again for believing them...and that's how it goes. they’ll lie, cheat, steal from closest family, nothing matters when they need the next hit.
So after a real tragedy Danny is currently clean, and when he sees Marnie he sees a chance to help someone. Its not all goodness of the heart stuff though, his main reasons are his conscience and hoping to pay for some past issues that way. You can’t change the past though, whatever good deeds you do in the present.
Marnie comes to stay, but is sullen, unhappy, argues with him....and you’d think being an addict himself he’d know all that is par for the course, but he’s kind of shocked, he expected her to be grateful.
He’s tough with her though, insists she works hard, sticks to a routine and slowly things start to work out.
Right from the start there’s a sizzle between them but he’s determined not to go there and makes that plain to Marnie from day one.

Working so closely they get to understand each other better, and of course want to help each other. That doesn’t always go well, especially as like us they only know parts of the past.
Marnie’s clearly holding a huge secret, and its not until quite well in the book we begin to get hints of what it is and why she fell into drugs. When it does come out its heart-breaking, and by then I’d come to like her and admire what she was trying to do, even though when she lapsed I was wanting to shout at her “no...Marnie, no!”
There’s so much going on here as well as the fame and drugs story, and its so real, so true and sad, when often books tend to romanticise drugs and addiction. You know the sort, 30 days in rehab and they come out clean and perfect, when most times its a hard slog with lots of setbacks.

There’s an incident towards the end that shocked me, came out of the blue and led to some huge changes. One part of me was saying “what the heck is going on? where did that come from? and why?” Yet odd things like that really do happen, and they have a huge impact on so many lives. It seemed to bring Danny and Marnie much closer, made them look at each other and how they feel.

Its a not a sex fest romance, Danny does have *interludes* with other ladies, but between him and Marnie very little happens until the end. That works, fits the story, and the reasoning and incidences that led to that felt very genuine.
I really enjoyed this book, far more than I thought I would. Its very character based, really gets into the minds of both of them, and how addiction changes people, how easy it is to get started and how hard to stop.
It shows well too how family and friends get hurt by addicts, how they lose trust, faith, can’t ever really believe they are clean until a proven time has passed. Even then addicts are always addicts, it only takes one time to spiral them back.

If you want light and fluffy romance, a spicy, sensual easy read this isn’t the book for you.
If you want some tough and gritty drama, real characters and situations with a romance that finally ends in a HEA then try this. Its got all that and more!!

Stars: Four and a half, a great read, but I wish it hard been a little quicker to start, and that I’d have liked Marnie and Danny earlier. That would have made it a five for me.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017

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DNF'd at 40% I kept thinking it would have to get better. H and h are recovering druggies. H is a rock star who gives h a job as his assistant and pretends to be her sponsor. Pretense I say because he is seriously lacking any knowledge or application of 12 stepping. The story is that he has a crush on h, although he does crazy stuff like have a conversation with h while having sex with some chick. Gross. Add the weird characters that substitute for a dash in the text and random story flashbacks, and this was a unfun read. Good news is it was free or cheap.

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Weezie

What a stor!

Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2017

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Didn't expect it to like it!
I kept wanted to read more of the story!
Could not put it down!
The only problem I had was when the tigers came in couldn't figure out out they came in to the restaurant when usually the only way to open a door is to pull on it not push threw!
It felt like it wasn't the original writer that wrote this chapter.
It was like it didn't fit with the story!
Still get ur copy u won't regret it!
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