Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston
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· 754 ratings · 432 pages · Published: 14 May 2019

First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations.
The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex is busy enough handling his mother’s bloodthirsty opponents and his own political ambitions without an uptight royal slowing him down. But beneath Henry’s Prince Charming veneer, there’s a soft-hearted eccentric with a dry sense of humor and more than one ghost haunting him.
As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. And Henry throws everything into question for Alex, an impulsive, charming guy who thought he knew everything: What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?
Tagged as:
- gay romance 76
- royal hero 68
- enemies to lovers 62
- forbidden love 59
- funny 53
- contemporary 50
- multicultural 44
- secret relationship 43
- friends to lovers 38
- new adult 38
- politician hero 37
- bisexuality 31
- anal sex 28
- angst 26
- sweet/gentle hero 25
- latinx mc 25
- rich hero 25
- forced proximity 22
- queer romance 21
- slow burn 17
- queer awakening 17
- political/court intrigue 15
- height difference 14
- shy hero 12
- grumpy & sunshine 11
- friends with benefits 11
- nerdy hero 6
- found family 4
- childfree 4
- tortured hero 3
- short king 3
- neurodivergent mc 2
- class difference 2
- sports 2
- sunny/happy hero 1
- fake relationship 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- athlete hero 1
- men in uniform 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- queerphobia 24
- death / grief 16
- substance abuse 15
- mental illness 13
- racism 12
- drug abuse 4
- mental trauma 2
- geography
- england 15
- usa 14
- united kingdom 14
- washington d.c. 14
- texas 12
- north america 11
- british isles 10
- europe 10
- Format
- Audiobook
- male pov 27
- third person pov 23