Once upon a Time

Billionaires in Disguise: Flicka (Runaway Princess, Book 1)

By: Blair Babylon

Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Lucy Rivers

Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

When a modern princess falls in love with her bodyguard, a royal fairy tale turns dangerous.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. Flicka von Hannover lived an enchanted life. She jetted around Europe staging charity events with friends, had married a handsome prince in the most spectacular royal wedding of the 21st century, and should have lived happily ever after.

But then she found the handsome prince in bed with a duchess. And then a coffee shop barista. And then her own goddamn secretary.

Finally, the prince did the unthinkable, and the beautiful princess ran away.

The prince didn’t want to let her go. He couldn’t take his throne without her and sent henchmen to take her back to the castle. Her worried royal brother sent people to look for her, too.

The prince threatened her. He said that if the princess contacted her brother or any of her friends for help, he would kill her brother and her brother’s new, pregnant wife.

So the princess ran to the only person she could trust, a man who was frankly not a handsome prince.

Dieter Schwarz had been Flicka’s bodyguard for years. He had protected her from assassins, kidnappers, and high school dates who got too handsy after a few drinks. He was a sharp-witted, sharp-jawed, hard-muscled former Swiss special forces operator who had started his own private security firm, Rogue Security, and had no past that he spoke of.

No one knew that he had been her first lover and broken her heart, but he's the only one she can trust now.

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Finally Flika's story!

I was blown away with this book and Flicka's story thus far!! I have had a hard time waiting for her story to come out and have waited patiently for it and I was happy to finally get a story for Dieter as well so I am counting this as a two for one read for me! I felt that both Flicka and Dieter were well rounded and complex characters as they both have secrets and hurts that not everyone is aware of. In typical Blair fashion, she is only doling out their secrets a little bit at a time and then waiting to drop a bomb in this series later (like with Dieter's past that has me totally intrigued). The plot moved along at a good pace even though at times it kind of felt like a rehash of events from previous books in the series but told from a different POV making it feel fresh and not recycled. There were a few twists that I did not expect, especially with Pierre. The narrators, Jason Clarke nad Lucy Rivers did a great job with the performance of this story. The pair made me think that it was actually Flika and Dieter telling the story thus making it an enjoyable listening experience. The pair have also built up my anticipation to see what happens and where the story goes next for this pair.

Once Upon a Time is so good!

I've been working my way thru Blair Babylons books, but somehow I managed to miss out on reading Flicka's story.  I'm so happy to rectify that problem now by finishing Flicka's 1st book, Once Upon a Time. 
The narrators are on point as always.
Jason Clarke and Lucy Rivers are top notch.
I enjoyed viewing Wulf and Rae's story a bit from another perspective.
Flicka and Dieter are hot together! I loved that it wasnt a new meeting and they had a backstory.
I cant wait to listen to the rest of Flicka's story.

Beautifully tragic. Breathtakingly emotional.

Dive right into the intensity that is Blair Babylon. Prepare to be taken on adventure of the heart. Once Upon a Time takes a dangerously steep route to love. Dieter and Flicka are an emotional high dive of heartache, danger and suspense. There's always a twist lurking in the shadows to draw you even deeper into the maze of a different kind of fairytale. Beautifully tragic. Breathtakingly emotional. Unpredictable romance.

Once Upon a Time

Another great story with talented voice actors. I love the written word and Audible! Can't wait for the next book in the series! I recommend this story.

Characters come alive

If you’ve read the book, listen to the narration. Or if you haven’t read the book, give it a listen. Flicka is a modern day princess with some very real problems. Romance, heartbreak, action, danger, and devotion all rolled into one story. Give it a whirl!

Once Upon A Time

I listened to this one on audio and binged it in nearly one listen. Flicka is Wulf's younger sister and marries the Prince of Monaco basically so she can fund her charities. Her new husband is a cad who cannot keep his zipper up and indiscretion is is middle name. She turns a blind eye for the most part until she is faced with proof her marriage may not be legal since he is married to another and fathered other children. Devastated she confronts him but he turns on her. There are so many other twists and turns in this story it was hard to keep up at times but hopefully with further installments it will settle all the questions. Definitely a recommendation from me.

Interesting plot

This is definitely a book that will absolutely grab
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your attention right throughout the book.
It leaves you looking forward to the next book
in the series .
The narrator done a good job of bringing the characters
alive.
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LOVED IT!

Blair's writing paired with the narrating skills of Jason Clarke and Lucy Rivers is spot on. Flicka's series gets a great start in this audiobook. Deiter is brought to rugged sexy life and Flicka's struggles and trauma are tastefully if not painfully portrayed. Looking forward to the rest of the series in audiobook especially since I have loved all of Blair's series whether or not I read them or listened. Welcome to billionaires in disguise and a runaway princess with a beautiful story to continue to unfold. I snagged this audiobook with whispersync pricing, an awesome feature when you own the ebook and worth the price when you love the books so much.

A great beginning to Flicka’s story!

Holy Mother! This next step in the Billionaires in Disguise series is freaking incredible. Flicka has been in periphery for most of the books to date, and does she ever make a grand entrance in her own series. She's so controlled, competent and able to crate fairy tale weddings with little notice!

The story weaves in through others we've read in the Billionaires in Disguise series and it's interesting to see things from her perspective. Oh, and Dieter...I really cannot wait to find out more about him. He's the one you want on your side no matter what. I flove him.

This is a great story and I'm super excited to hear the next one that hopefully answers some of the major questions I have.

Burn down the world!

While reading the book, it was hard for me to get into as fast as Blair’s other books, however, with the narration it made much easier to follow Flicka and Dieter’s background.
Flicka was brought up to be a strong and independent woman to burn down the world! Dieter has his own demons and secrets he has to overcome but has a soft spot for Flicka.
Can’t wait to listen to the rest of their story as they ride through their journey of triumphs and tribulations.