A Royal Mess by Tyne O'connell

A Royal Mess by Tyne O'connell

Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents' visit to London proves to be more than Calypso can handle.

Then, Freddie does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso--setting in motion a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back just to break his heart?

All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you're in love with a prince

Tyne O'Connell is a bestselling author from the United Kingdom. Her 13 novels have been published by Headline UK, Bloomsbury USA, and other international publishing houses to critical acclaim. Her best-selling books include What's A Girl To Do? and What's A Girl To Do? Her favorite childhood duty was gathering eggs from the hens for sixpence, as she was born into an Irish Catholic family and the daughter of a retired spy. She began telling her instructors and family that she wanted to be an novelist when she was eight years old.

Sex, Lies, and Litigation, published in 1996 by Headline Review, was her first best-selling book. She's lived in Mayfair for most of her life, raising two husbands and three children. Many of her books are set in this region. She writes for mayfaireccentrics.com, dandizettes.com, and other sites about all things Mayfair, including the Restoration, Bluestocking Salons, Roman Catholics, spies, eccentrics, royals, and fashion.

Tyne O'Connell was schooled by elderly Flemish Sacre-Coeur nuns (born in the 1870s-80s) with the idea that she would marry a diplomat. Visit her at www.tyneoconnell.com and follow her on Twitter @tyneoconnell O'Connell was educated by elderly Flemish Sacre-Coeur nuns (born in the 1870s-80s) with the expectation that she would marry a diplomat. By the age of 17, she had mastered Le Cordon Blue, Croquet, Semaphore, Literature, Latin, Needlepoint, Flower Arrangement, Diamond Valuation, Deportment, Millinery, and Embassy Dinner Seating, thanks to her peculiar Victorian upbringing. She returned to London after school in a sharp tweed suit, fully attired for a world that hadn't been in decades. Vogue UK, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and most UK broadsheets have portrayed her remarkable life in TV documentaries and feature-spreads.

Tyne was acclaimed as a modern-day Elinor Glyn - the original It Girl by Cassandra Jardine of The Daily Telegraph UK. Tyne O'Connell was dubbed The Impossibly gorgeous Tyne O'Connell by ELLE UK. Tyne began writing Pulling Princes, BloomsburyUSA's blockbuster fictitious teen series, in 2004. Based on the experiences of her three daughters and herself at a single-sex boarding school, the novel is set at Windsor Castle in a fictional, prestigious all-girls boarding school near Princes William and Harry's alma mater, Eton College.

Calypso, an typical American teen, tells the story of how she navigates the Terrible Toffs and Horrible Hon.s' and learns about royal adolescent shenanigans. The books have been hailed as modern classics, a modernized version of Angela Brazil's early 1900s boarding school books. Calypso Chronicles can be found at www.calypsochronicles.com.