Royals Books in Order

The Royals books are Rachel Hawkins's contemporary YA romances about ordinary American girls getting pulled into the very public, very strange world of fictional Scottish royalty. They are companion novels, not one long cliffhanger story, so each book has its own lead and romance. Reading them in order still helps, because the setting and royal family overlap.

The first book was originally published as Royals and later republished as Prince Charming. In this database, you will see it as Royals. It follows Daisy Winters, a Florida teenager whose older sister is engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no interest in fame, castles, royal protocol, or being inspected by tabloids, but her sister's relationship makes privacy almost impossible.

Daisy is not built for quiet obedience.

Once she is brought to Scotland, Daisy has to learn how to behave around the royal family while also dealing with Miles, the polished young man assigned to help manage her. The book has a fish-out-of-water setup, but the real fun is watching Daisy resist the idea that she needs to become someone else just because cameras are pointed at her.

Her Royal Highness shifts to Millie Quint, a Texas teen who applies to boarding schools after a painful romantic disappointment. She lands at an elite school in the Scottish Highlands, where her new roommate is Flora, an actual princess. Flora is glamorous, difficult, and not thrilled about sharing space with Millie. Their early tension slowly turns into a queer romance with plenty of banter, hurt feelings, and forced proximity.

The series uses royal life less as a fairy tale and more as a pressure cooker. Public image, family expectation, class, and privacy all matter. So does the question of who gets to make mistakes when the whole world is watching. Hawkins keeps the tone light and funny, but both books understand that romance is harder when every awkward moment can become gossip.

Start with Royals if you want Daisy's outsider view of the royal family first. If you are mainly looking for the boarding school romance, Her Royal Highness can stand on its own, but it is richer after seeing the world in book one.