Paper Princess
by Erin Watt
Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone.
That is until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal is more magnetic than the last, but none is as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
- Spice
- 4/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~370
- Ending
- Cliffy
Cliffy means it ends on a cliffhanger, mid-story.
Cliffhanger, but Book 2 is already out.
How spicy is Paper Princess?
Paper Princess is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Explicit open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: First person, heroine's POV only
- Ending: Cliffhanger
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- Sexual assault
- Dubious consent
- Bullying
- Slut-shaming
- Addiction / substance abuse
- Death of a loved one
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Paper Princess: quick answers
How spicy is Paper Princess?
Paper Princess is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
Is Paper Princess a standalone?
No. Paper Princess is book 1 of 5 in The Royals. It is the place to start. The series is complete.
What tropes are in Paper Princess?
Paper Princess features bully romance, forbidden love, bad boy, billionaire. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a cliffhanger.
Does Paper Princess have content warnings?
Our notes for Paper Princess include: sexual assault, dubious consent, bullying, slut-shaming, addiction / substance abuse, death of a loved one. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after Paper Princess?
If you loved Paper Princess, try Vicious by L.J. Shen, Throttled by Lauren Asher, Boys of Brayshaw High by Meagan Brandy. They share its bully romance and forbidden love energy at a similar spice level.