Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
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· 645 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 69
- royal hero 65
- enemies to lovers 57
- forbidden love 52
- funny 49
- contemporary 46
- multicultural 41
- secret relationship 39
- friends to lovers 36
- new adult 36
- politician hero 35
- bisexuality 28
- angst 26
- anal sex 25
- male pov 25
- sweet/gentle hero 23
- rich hero 23
- latinx mc 22
- forced proximity 21
- third person pov 20
- queer romance 17
- slow burn 15
- queer awakening 14
- height difference 13
- political/court intrigue 13
- shy hero 12
- grumpy & sunshine 9
- friends with benefits 9
- nerdy hero 4
- found family 3
- childfree 3
- tortured hero 3
- short king 3
- sports 2
- sunny/happy hero 1
- fake relationship 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- class difference 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- athlete hero 1
- men in uniform 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- queerphobia 22
- death / grief 16
- substance abuse 15
- mental illness 13
- racism 12
- drug abuse 4
- mental trauma 2
- geography
- england 14
- washington d.c. 13
- usa 12
- united kingdom 12
- texas 11
- north america 9
- british isles 8
- europe 8