Red, White & Royal Blue

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* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller * * GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 * * BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! * What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic. "I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners "Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

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Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is a contemporary fiction novel published in 2019 that spans 314 pages. The story centers on Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the United States. Following his mother's historic election to the presidency, Alex is thrust into the global spotlight. With his striking looks, immense charisma, and sharp intellect, he functions as pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House, carefully managed by his political handlers to project an image of modern American youth. However, Alex harbors a deep and longstanding personal rivalry with his transatlantic counterpart, Prince Henry of Wales. Their mutual animosity reaches a boiling point at a high-profile royal event, resulting in a public altercation that is quickly captured by ravenous international tabloids. The resulting photograph threatens to spark a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain, putting strain on delicate international relations at a critical moment for the presidential administration. Desperate to avoid a political disaster, the heads of family, state, and various handlers come together to devise an immediate strategy for damage control. They decide that the only way to appease the media and salvage international relations is to stage a heavily publicized, fabricated truce between the First Son and the Prince. Alex and Henry are forced to spend time together in front of the cameras, smiling for the press and pretending to put their bitter past behind them. What begins as a cynical exercise in public relations and forced diplomacy, however, soon takes an unexpected turn. As Alex and Henry are forced to interact away from the flashing lights and glaring media scrutiny, they begin to discover the complicated human beings hidden beneath their respective titles and public personas. Beneath the layers of royal protocol, political ambition, and media-trained defenses, a genuine connection begins to form between the two young men. What starts as a begrudging truce evolves into a secret friendship, and eventually, into a passionate romance that neither of them anticipated. As their relationship deepens, Alex and Henry must navigate the terrifying realities of falling in love in the full glare of the global public eye. They have to weigh their deeply personal feelings against the immense political stakes of their positions, the watchful eyes of the international press, and the expectations of the governments they represent. McQuiston's bestselling debut blends sharp political satire, witty banter, and a deeply emotional love story, exploring themes of duty, identity, and the heavy price of living one's life in history's spotlight.

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