Feature: Royally Yours Serial Season One

Season Summary

One day. Five couples. The most anticipated wedding in the world. But this story’s not about the bride and groom, the dukes and duchesses, this story is about the palace maid with a heart of gold, the milliner who dreams of seeing her designs adorn the pews, the American bodyguard who learns some British charm, the paparazzo after that one great shot, and the ordinary girl who dreams of being a princess. Rumors of a missing bride threaten to ruin the day, but nothing can stop the romance running rampant on the streets of London the day before the royal wedding.

We all know a big royal wedding is coming this month, and to get us all in the mood, a group of writers have created a fiction serial inspired by the upcoming nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The story was written in a TV-like writer’s room by Megan Frampton , K.M. Jackson, Liz Maverick, Kate McMurray, and Falguni Kothari.

This story is about the palace maid with a heart of gold, the milliner who dreams of seeing her designs adorn the pews, the American bodyguard who learns some British charm, the paparazzo after that one great shot, and the ordinary girl who dreams of being a princess. Rumors of a missing bride threaten to ruin the day, but nothing can stop the romance running rampant on the streets of London the day before the royal wedding.

These intertwining episodes – the first five take place on the day before the wedding from alternating points of view – tell five fun and flirty love stories that culminate in an episode six finale on the big day, confirming that it’s not just princes and princesses who can find their happy ever after.

Episode 1: Gwen, a spunky Paparazzo from New York already got the shot of the day of the Royal Bride’s ex lurking around town, but she’s not done yet! She plans to get the perfect shot inside the palace. Just one thing stands in her way—her former one-night-stand and sexy Queen’s Guard, Jack.

Episode 2: Becca is a huge fan of the royal family. She’s come all the way from Minnesota for the big day. Not even a pessimistic (if handsome) Scot is going to convince her that romance isn’t real and she’s going to prove it. After a whirlwind tour of London’s most romantic spots she may have succeeded in melting his heart but their one-day romance is at an end. Or is it…

Episode 3: American Milliner Tracy is about to have her big break as a fashionable Princess plans to wear her design to the wedding, but when she learns that another princess plans to wear an almost identical hat made by Tracy’s former boss and arch nemesis, she knows her design has been stolen and her big break might just disappear. Reluctantly she accepts the help of her former flame and nemesis’ assistant, Jeremy. Together they break into his boss’ studio and get down to more than stitching. But will their masterpiece reach the princess in time? And was Jeremy involved in his boss’ deception all along?

Episode 4: Jasmin has been a maid in Buckingham Palace for years, but when she discovers the bride’s bouquet destroyed she’s terrified she’ll get the blame. This isn’t just any bouquet, the royal bouquet must be made from specific flowers from a specific royal garden. Enter her long time friend and dangerously handsome gardener, Benjamin. Together they race to the royal gardens to reassemble the bouquet, and maybe finally admit their feelings for one another.

Episode 5: The bodyguard to the bride’s wild Maid of Honor, Mike, has orders to guard the dressing room door, but Royal Butler, Henry has an appointment, and he won’t be deterred by any pushy American, no matter how rugged. When the two finally stop arguing, they discover both the bride and the maid of honor missing. Together they must jump on Mike’s motorbike and race around London to find her before it’s too late. Along the way Mike learns that going in guns blazing doesn’t always get the best results and Henry learns that kicking down a door or two can be a useful shortcut. Will they return the bride to the palace in time?

Episode 6: It’s the day of the wedding and it seems as if everyone has been roped into Mac’s plan to give Becca a day truly fit for a princess. When Mac reveals his true identity Becca feels like she’s living a fairytale. As the day comes to a close they must decide—was this just one more perfect day, or will they seize their happy ever after?

Royally Yours will be available on the Serial Box and Kobo platforms in both ebook and audiobook formats on Wednesdays and Fridays from May 2nd through May 18th and will cost $1.99 per episode or $8.99 for all 6 episodes. The first episode will be free.

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Megan Frampton

Megan Frampton writes historical romance under her own name and romantic women’s fiction as Megan Caldwell. She likes the color black, gin, dark-haired British men, and huge earrings, not in that order. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and kid. You can find her at meganframpton.com, at facebook.com/meganframptonbooks, and @meganf.

Kate McMurray

Kate McMurray writes smart romantic fiction. She likes creating stories that are brainy, funny, and of course sexy, with regular guy characters and urban sensibilities. She advocates for romance stories by and for everyone. When she’s not writing, she edits textbooks, watches baseball, plays violin, crafts things out of yarn, and wears a lot of cute dresses. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with two cats and too many books. She’s active in Romance Writers of America, having served as president of Rainbow Romance Writers, the LGBT romance chapter, and she is currently president of RWA NYC, the New York City chapter. You can find her online at katemcmurray.com, and @katemcmwriter.

Falguni Kothari

Falguni Kothari is the author of unconventional love stories and kick-ass fantasy tales. Her four novels, most recently MY LAST LOVE STORY, are all flavored by her South Asian heritage and expat experiences. An award-winning Indian Classical, Latin and Ballroom dancer, she currently spikes her endorphin levels with Zumba. She resides in New York with her family and pooch.

She can be found online at FalguniKothari.com and you can get the latest updates at bit.ly/FKMailingList and on Twitter and Instagram @AuthorFalguni.

K.M. Jackson
A native New Yorker, K.M. spent her formative years on the ‘A’ train where she had two dreams: 1) to be a fashion designer and 2) to be a writer. After spending over ten years designing women’s sportswear for various fashion houses this self-proclaimed former fashionista, took the leap of faith and decided to pursue her other dream of being a writer.

An award winning contemporary romance writer, K.M.’s novel BOUNCE won the Golden Leaf for best novel with strong romance elements from the New Jersey chapter of Romance Writers of America. She was also named Author of the Year by the New York Chapter of Romance Writers of America. K.M. currently lives in a suburb of New York with her husband, twins, and a precocious terrier named Jack that keeps her on her toes. When not writing she can be found on Twitter @kwanawrites, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KmJacksonAuthor/ and on her website at www.kmjackson.com.

Liz Maverick

Bestselling, award-winning author Liz Maverick is a novelist and adventurer whose projects have taken her from driving trucks in Antarctica to working behind the scenes on reality TV shows in Hollywood. Liz has written more than fifteen books including Wired, a Publishers Weekly Top Book of the Year, and is the creator of the USA Today bestselling Crimson City series. Her latest project is Amazon Montlake’s Hudson Kings romantic suspense series about a team of extremely large, super-hot mercenaries who live in an armory in Manhattan. Liz lives in Brooklyn, New York and loves to stay in touch with readers via her website and her newsletter at lizmaverick.com/newsletter.

Serial Box publishes serialized fiction created by teams of critically acclaimed and best-selling writers. Serials are released through the Serial Box app(s), website, and third party retailers in weekly installments in both e-book and audio formats. During a three-month season, each episode is a 30 minute read or an hour listen.