She is well-respected and she knows she’s good at her job, but she’s still stunned when she lands an interview with the royal family of Denmark. Aurora is a 25 year old Australian living in France and working as a Nanny. But the reality of their marriage was very different, and in the two years since her death, Aksel has been lost to his self-loathing and anger as he struggles to deal with the secrets and lies that he has been forced to live.įate has made me the lost king, encased in cheap armor that only keeps up appearances, forever fighting a battle he will never win.Īnd then along comes Aurora James. She was revered for her charity work, beloved by his people, and they were considered a golden couple with their two beautiful young princess. King Aksel of Denmark was left heart-broken and guilt-ridden following the death of his wife. This book fits into Karina’s royal standalones, and we have seen glimpses of King Aksel in the previous books, but this one can be enjoyed independently with only minor mentions of the characters from the other books, so feel free to read this one on its own – but don’t miss out on The Swedish Prince and The Wild Heir because they are fantastic! It’s full of chemistry, fantastic sexual tension, sizzling hotness and a gorgeously swoony love story that completely swept me away, and I absolutely loved it! Karina Halle, you have stolen my heart once again! This beautiful, heart-pounding read is a wonderfully slow burning forbidden-ish romance between the widowed King of Denmark and the feisty Australian Nanny hired to care for his two young daughters.

You think it’s bad enough being in love with your boss? It’s in the long, intense glances at the dinner table, the way we’ll brush up against each other in the halls, the rare glimpses of the man deep inside, like the sun passing through clouds.īut no matter how I feel about him, we can never be together.

His chiseled face and sexual swagger are only part of the package. Yet the longer I share these palace walls with this man, the more that I’m drawn to him. Their father is the widowed King of Denmark.Īnd my new home? The royal palace in Copenhagen.Īdjusting to my new life isn’t easy but the hardest part hasn’t been the girls who still grieve over the loss of their mother.Ĭold, mysterious and moody, with an icy stare that seems to penetrate your soul, King Aksel may have hired me to take care of his daughters but he wants as little to do with me as possible. Now I’m the new nanny for two adorable little girls who happen to be princesses. Then I got the job and found out how wrong I was. When I first applied for the job I thought it would be like all the others: working as a nanny for an aristocratic family.

A Nordic King by Karina Halle