This book review is half coincidence and half on purpose after . This book is pretty much a manual on how it would go if Prince Henry assumed the throne in real life.

The plot starts when an IRA bomb kills George’s brother Richard, a few other members of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister.  George is quite like Prince Henry in real life – a bigoted and flamboyant rich kid.  Now King, George has to cool the relationship he has had for a while with Rebel Fitzpatrick – a very successful Catholic American singer.

In this book George is a King more than usually involved in politics and frequently has talks with the Prime Minister Rupert Kitchener about various problems such as union strikes, and the complete evacuation of British troops and willing Protestants from Northern Ireland.

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I picked this book up at a bargain bookstore in the mall here in Kenora. Floating around, as you do in a bookstore, I saw Kyle Mills name and immediately picked it up and bought it based upon the strength because of .

One thing I liked about this book is that in this day and age, the chances of the United States of America having an Arab Muslim in their highly trained special forces ranks just doesn’t seem to be realistic.  However, Kyle Mills manages to write the story in a way that makes it believable.  You’d think that with the main character having an Arabic name the storyline would be about him being a spy for a country hostile to the United States like Iran or Syria – the plot is excellent and so is the car in it.  This is one of the ones you need to check out for real!

Synopsis:
A former Navy SEAL who speaks perfect Arabic, Salam al Fayed (a.k.a. “Fade”) had been one of the deadliest weapons in America’s arsenal – until a mission gone wrong put a bullet in his back, requiring risky surgery the government refused to pay for.

Embittered by a wound that could one day paralyze him, Fade isn’t exactly cooperative when Homeland Security insists on putting him back on the payroll. But they’re not taking “no” for an answer – and what is meant to be a foolproof deceptions turns into an explosive bloodbath.

It falls to an estranged friend of Fade’s named Matt Egan to clean up the mess made by his superiors. But it isn’t going to be easy – because Fade is gunning for the men who set him up. And Matt is at the top of the list…

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1. I try to emulate my Aunt Jennifer’s style of parenting a lot.
2. My favourite deodorant of all time is Lynx Africa.
3. I get slightly contemptuous of people who use the phrase ‘let it go’ because it displays a complete lack of understanding.
4. I love being in airports between flights I’m taking.
5. I don’t regret anything I’ve done in my life as it’s made me who I am today.
6. I get irritated when people confuse passion and single-mindedness with obsession, when women use their monthly ordeal as an excuse to be unpleasant, and when people get prudish and object to references to sexual activities.
7. My favourite aftershave / cologne is Obsession by Calvin Klein.
8. I’ve never met anyone who loves as deeply as I do.
9. The four times I remember crying in my entire life were when I first sprained my ankle, when my mother passed, when my daughter passed, and about two weeks ago.
10. I’m scared of something particular that all women have.
11. I read one book about every two days.
12. I once seriously considered becoming (at different times) Jewish, Muslim, and Christian and realised none of them were for me because of the religions judgemental views on homosexuality. Nobody has the right to cast judgement on what consenting adults do in privacy.
13. About 80% of people I know in Kenora incorrectly assume that I’m into men.
14. I was playing table soccer with my former boss. He scored a goal and I was about to drop the ball onto the table when he said ‘drop it like it’s hot’… so I literally dropped it like it’s hot all the way down to the floor and back up hahahaha!
15. I love Marmite.
16. My taste in music gets called gay a LOT because I’m not a commercial-music-whore.
17. I used to live in a house where Adolf Hitler’s former second in command stayed once and where there was a secret room which the allies used as a radio room in the war.
18. I’d not hesitate in sacrificing my life for a loved one if I thought it would save theirs, or going hungry to give a loved one my last dollar if they needed it.
19. I deeply resent the way the BBC News website uses the American dollar as a scale when reporting on financial matters and the way they act like America is the only country in North America.
20. I miss British tv shows such as Brookside and Hollyoaks.
21. I hate the way many people in Canada think Coronation Street is the best tv show to come out of England.
22. I’d give anything to have the lady I love.
23. I’m going to the gym seven days a week when I know I shouldn’t.
24. I truly believe in the healing power of hugs and hug as often as I can (but not blokes because that’s just weird).
25. I’m almost guaranteed going to do ANOTHER list of 25 things about myself.