Thorne Princess

By: L.J. Shen

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Sebastian York

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

L.J. Shen delivers a charged, addictive stand-alone about a tabloid princess who is desperate to self-destruct...and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her.

I landed in hot water with the tabloids one too many times. What can I say? My nipple wanted to come out and say hi to the paparazzi.

After that, my father presented me with an ultimatum—either he cuts off the gravy train and stops paying for my lavish lifestyle or I agree to have a live-in bodyguard.

And by bodyguard, I mean a sexy, formidable, out-of-this-world babysitter who just happens to be good at breaking spines.

Ransom Lockwood, ladies and gentlemen.

Now he is forcing me to try all kinds of weird stuff. Stop partying, clean up my act, get a job....

A part of me wants to tell him to get lost. I’m past saving.

But the other part? The other part wants to save him.

©2023 L.J. Shen (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Great Audiobook

My man Sebastian York absolutely SMASHED this book, per usual. LJ Shen as always can do no wrong, and I love that she ventured a bit out of her author comfort zone with the tropes of this book. There are definitely some darker themes so as always check TWs.

LOVE

LJ Shen has easily become one of my favorite authors. Her angst is top tier. I always recommend her books to my friends. They devour them just as fast as I do.

One time listen

I usually love this authors story. This one was good but having the h watching the hero having sex with the other woman was too much. If you are looking for a good romance, this one is not for you. I will return this one and will really reconsider purchasing another from this author. Once this was done, I no longer enjoy listening to this story.

Great book.

Really enjoyed this book. LJ Shen is becoming a favorite author of mine now, shes great at storytelling and making me feel like I'm in the story

She’s done it again!

LJ Shen never disappoints!! 👏🏼 Ransom was a perfect combination or some of her best characters while also being his own!

Amazing !

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑾𝒐𝒘. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔,”

“𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.”
“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅.”

From start to finish I was completely enthralled. The wit & banter had me captivated! The Queen Angst lived up to her name once again. It’s like LJ Shen wrapped my favorite characters of hers (Vicious, Wolfe, & Sam) and made me the perfect broody book boyfriend! But as always I need more! Please more!

Love love love

I was hoping this was going to be a good book! The last couple have not been very good. Loved the story. Love the ending.

Good audio quality

Loved that there were separate performers for both MCs. FMC was super annoying at first but had a great character arc

Shen is back! A screaming 4.5 stars!!!

YES!! Finally, the writing Queen, also known as L.J. Shen, is BACK y’all!! I know I’m in the minority (& totally okay with it), when I say the last several books have been…off, not as exciting or emotionally charged nor giving warm fuzzies, like they normally do, these “hero’s” were jërks. They all seemed too harsh and a ton cold and uncaring to the female lead. They trashed the female lead so much I had a VERY hard time with the redemption portion of those books. No H was ever made to grovel nearly long enough. I realize this book follows mostly the same formula, HOWEVER, the H is not even close to as bad as the Boston Belle boys. As doüchy as her H in last few books, thank goodness Ransom had a fighting chance. Full disclosure, I have not read the book directly before this one as I just didn’t want to be disappointed again. Leigh is one of my most owned paperbacks and I rarely read anything physically, I usually go electronic so that’s a major compliment for me, spending money on books. ALL that being said, this book, this piece of frickin heaven reminded me, whole-heartedly, why I fell in love with this author in the 1st place. Shen pulled out all the stops and got back to her classic L.J. writing. Thank you!!! Now, onto a bit about the - actual story.
Hallie is so broken and lost but always ready to put on a smile…maybe too much so at times and spends a lot of her days silently screaming for help, for someone to SEE her, to listen, to make her feel like she matters. Yet during her constant struggle she refused to give in to the pain and quit. Oh no, she was giving and kind and looked out for those who couldn’t on their own like animals! She is a vegetarian who advocates for pets.
Then there was hotty ba-toddy Ransom who was the complete opposite, or was he??, than Hallie in every way. Dark, dry sense of humor if he had one at all, also cold, uncaring, AKA,the robot.
You’d think this was a match made in heck but oh how well did they truly fit! Like missing pieces to a puzzle. Experiencing their journey and watching them grow and mature was EVERYTHING! Their quirks and kïnks, their victories and losses, their despair and hope. I ran the gamut of emotions during this book and it will stick with me for a long time to come.
Cheers to BOTH stellar narrators!! Samantha Brentwood and Sebastian York. Both already on my list of favorite narrators from the past and, no surprise to anyone, hit it out of the park. They brought this amazing story to yet another level and really added an element of drama and passion that gave me an added insight to the characters, indeed, a whole other dimension!
All in all, this was back to the O.G. Shen and I am so stinking happy about that! This novel is why I read Shen and to lose myself in a fantastic novel is incomparable. Literally nothing like it in the world. Thank you for rekindling my confidence in you and bringing us a bänger of a story to boot. I was so engrossed I had to fight myself to do listening mostly instead of just inhaling the kindle version. It was that good folks.

Samantha Brentmoor rocked this one!

A spoiled, rich former President’s daughter who doesn’t have a “real” job is hard to root for, but Samantha Brentmoor made you feel for Hallie and grow to root for her as we learn more about her dyslexia and past trauma. Sebastian York was perfect for gruff, grumpy Ransom. Another great LJ Shen book!