It was only supposed to be one night of passion but its leads to more when Nurse Shay finds herself pregnant. So when shes decides to tell Dante about this little tidbit little does she expect for him to not only will she have to marry him now but that hes also a price. Now they are going to have to get married for convenience but there seems to be something that the Dante is hiding from her.

I liked this book it was pretty basic and like many other books that I've read just can't help but keep picking up books like this. It was enjoyable and has its only unique bits to it. This book was well written with a set of interesting characters from different backgrounds which I can appreciate. Overall this was a pretty good book I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed this read, but I didn't love it. There was just something missing that I can't put my finger on. Perhaps because I didn't really connect with Dante & Shay until about 80% of the book. I love romances where their is humor & a friendship/bond developed by main characters. I didn't feel they had it in this book. That is just me though so I do highly recommend it...

One night turns into a lifetime! I had a hard time liking Dante even though I could understand what led him to be standoffish. I would have liked a little more of the guy that she met at the conference that would have led to more warmth and connection between them, but I did enjoy the story and following them on their journey.

Nurse Shay Labadie was only expecting one night of fun with Doctor Dante Affini on the last day of the conference they both attended, but a few months later, she realized she was pregnant. When she heads to Italy to tell him, she's not expecting anything from him ... least of all a marriage proposal!

Dante shocks her with his news that he's a Prince and that he wants her to marry him so he can take care of her and the baby. She's not big on trusting the happily ever after, but she's willing to try for their baby's sake.

It's been many years since I read a Harlequin category romance, but they were my introduction to reading romance. I and several schoolfriends used to visit the local charity shops, pool our loose change and go back with carrier bags full of them, which we would pass around and then read until they fell apart.

As a reviewer and an indie author myself, I review mostly indie-published books, but when I saw a whole bunch of Harlequins pop up as available for review on NetGalley, I started clicking on impulse... and ended up with nine of them to review.

So here goes. Were they like I remember? Were the heroes dark, brooding, tortured and generally asshats? Were we told that the heroines were intelligent, independent women, and then shown that in fact they're a Bit Dense and Need A Man to take care of them?

Well, His Pregnant Royal Bride definitely ticked all those boxes, I'm afraid.

Dante is a prince (of course) who is working as a trauma surgeon in Venice. He and Shay (a nurse practitioner working for an organisation obviously meant to be a parallel to the WHO or perhaps MSF) have a passionate night at a conference in Honolulu and Shay ends up pregnant because the condom failed.

We're told all about Shay's work in third world countries for the not-WHO several times through the book, so my first question is 'why the hell isn't she on regular birth control?' Any woman working in a third-world country generally goes for a long-term solution like an implant or IUD, but it's never suggested that Shay even considered that.

Dante's first reaction when she tells him about the baby (at 16 weeks pregnant) is to demand a paternity test... and then tell her that IF he's the father, they WILL get married. He doesn't bother informing her that his entire reason for this is that he will lose his princely inheritance to his even more asshat father if he's not married and a father by his 35th birthday, which at this point is about 5 months away.

Way to be an absolute ass to the woman who's just turned up with the solution to save everything you care about, Dante.

And Shay! I wanted to like her, wanted to believe in her intelligence and independence... but when she let Dante convince her into marriage BEFORE coming up with a pre-nup to share custody, and without even bothering to check into Italian laws ABOUT custody (which most definitely favour the father and/or the Italian citizen parent), I absolutely despaired of her.

Even though they do find their way to an eventual happy-ever-after (one assumes) I didn't like either of them enough to want them to be together.

The book isn't badly written; the language is good and it's well-edited though the story feels a little choppy at times. I just couldn't warm to either of the main characters, and right now I'm not looking forward to the 8 other books I have to read for Harlequin.

Two stars.

Great story. This was Shay and Dante's story. She was a nurse practitioner for the United World Health Organization. He was a trauma surgeon and a prince in Italy. They met at a conference in Hawaii. They had a one night stand. She became pregnant. Shay went to Italy for an assignment and to tell Dante she was pregnant. He needed to marry and produce an heir by the time he was 35. He talked her into marrying him, but he didn't tell her the truth. They both didn't want to fall in love. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

Definitely a good read! From the first page I was caught until the last. It is a book of contemporary romance, however, one that is intriguing. The writer has a gift that shows through out the book. I was only a little disappointed in the bad guy not being more visible for the comeuppance of the person causing the chaos. The characters and plot are different then a normal one I have been reading lately and it was refreshing that it was not all about sex. (Sorry, even with the heroine ending up pregnant.) Instead it has a story and plots and happening that keep you reading instead of skipping a multitude of pages. I sincerely enjoyed this read and think if you like contemporary romances with a little royalty thrown in for spice so will you. I was given this book in return for an honest review. Anna Swedenmom