A Royal Read and a Recipe

by Anna Dynowski

    Prince Stefano, Crown Prince of Mondoverde, never shirks the responsibilities attached to his privileged position. Born to reign and trained from birth, he accepts his life is not his own and does not complain about his duties to the House of Graziani, at least, not publically. But now he must

wed and produce the next heir to the throne. Can he find a woman who is willing to take him on, embrace the public life of a princess, and produce the required heir?

    Newspaper reporter Sofia Burska is big-time ticked off with her editor. She asks to cover real, gritty, soul-stirring news events. He sends her to some never-before-heard-of principality

somewhere on the Adriatic Sea to cover some never-beforeheard-of prince at some boring high society shindig. She so does not care for celebrity gossip, designer clothes, or expensive

champagne. But the prince is real easy on the eyes. And the heart. Too easy. She will have to evade her growing feelings for him. After all, she’s not princess material.

Princess Cookies

Ingredients

1 h 5 m48 servings90 cals

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Directions

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• Prep
  15 m
• Cook
  10 m
• Ready In
  1 h 5 m

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl until thoroughly combined. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy, about 5 minutes, then beat in eggs, one at a time, incorporating each before adding the next. Beat in the lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Gently mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Chill the dough about 30 minutes.
3. Scoop up about 1 1/2 teaspoon of dough per cookie, gently form into a ball, and place the balls onto baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set and just beginning to brown at the edges, about 8 minutes; cool on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to finish cooling on racks.