American Royalty by Tracey Livesay is a contemporary romance book focused on Danielle Nelson, popularly known as Duchess a fast-rising megastar signed to Sick Flow Records.
The United States-based female rapper has been in the limelight since she was discovered on SoundCloud by her manager Cash Hamad, with her albums and singles topping the charts.
Not only had she had a successful run since her debut in the entertainment industry, but Duchess had also been winning in the cosmetics industry, with her Skin products receiving recognition, such that four leading cosmetics companies were racing to acquire her
All that changes drastically for the megastar rapper when she’s caught in a controversial feud with an upcoming pop singer Samantha banks. Just for clout to push her career, the white pop singer had posted a doctored video of Duchess kicking her out of her VIP lounge in a club, weeks after shed offered to give her a feature in a song.
In reality, Samantha had hurled insults at the megastar which caused Antoine (the Duchess’s bodyguard) to escort her out of the lounge.
While the truth is unknown to the public, and the doctored video making rounds on the internet, Samantha Banks had garnered herself pity votes with fans of the singer calling for the head of the rapper Duchess to cancel her. This looming cancel culture rocks Duchess’s career pretty hard as companies who had been meaning to acquire her Mela Skin cosmetics line begin to pull out.
Things are looking pretty bad for Duchess as the only thing which might keep her from being canceled is a public apology to Samantha Banks, which she never does because it means accepting that Samantha’s doctored video is true.
Help comes her way however when Duchess is given the invitation to perform at a royalty concert organized in memory of a fan-favorite member of the royal family, Prince John, the Queen’s late husband. Danielle Duchess Nelson grabs this opportunity quickly as it is her golden goose to avoid being canceled.
Prince Jameson whos in charge of organizing the royal concert in memory of his grandfather is in for a surprise when he realizes that the musical act whom he picked to perform at the royal concert, has a contrasting personality to her stage nameDuchess.
The charming introverted professor of philosophy at Birmingham university had imagined Danielle Nelson would be something like Adele due to her classy stage nameDuchess. As someone whos disconnected from pop culture, the Prince did not know Duchess was a very sexy, raunchy American female rapper. Not that he has a problem with that personally, however, he’s worried about what his grandmother’s reaction, the Queen would be.
Too late to make a change now, Prince Jameson and Duchess put heads together to make the royal concert a blast. Duchess puts in more work as she needs the concert to be successful to save her career. However, it’s difficult for her to focus on her job, with the sexual attraction between her and the hot, sexy, handsome Prince she’s working with.
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- Part 1: Main Characters Of American Royalty
- Part 2: Hot Chapters From American Royalty
- Part 3: Conclusion of American Royalty
Part 1: Main Characters Of American Royalty
Danielle Nelson Duchess
Danielle Duchess, popularly known as Duchess is a fast-rising American rap, megastar, with her albums and singles topping the charts. She was discovered by her manager Cash Hamad on SoundCloud and has been signed to Sick Flows Records since then.
In addition to being a successful artist in the entertainment industry, the megastar also owns over eighty percent of her Mela Skin cosmetics line, which is beginning to gain attention in the cosmetics market, so much so that top companies are looking to acquire it.
Before her debut into the limelight, the megastar Duchess had a tough childhood. She used to move from house to house after her grandmother passed away due to a stroke. It had always been just her and Nana for as long as she could remember. Danielle didn’t know her father, and she barely remembered her mom.
All of that didn’t matter now she was famous and was in the position shed always wanted to be in since she was a child. However, her position as the queen of rap in the entertainment industry gets threatened when she enters a feud with an upcoming artist, Samantha Banks.
Prince Jameson
Prince Jameson is a thirty-two years old professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He’s a reclusive royal who, unlike his other royal relatives, has no interest in participating in the controversial politics and drama of the royal family. He prefers to be in his space performing his duty as a professor.
This would’ve not been possible if his mother had not interfered and pleaded with the Queen to not pass his father’s office to him.
Anyway, all of that comes crashing down when he’s summoned to the palace by his grandmother, The Queen. When he answers, he learns that The Queen is worried about their relevance in society and scared that people might call for the abolishment of the monarchy in her tenure due to the controversial behavior of her family members.
To fix this the Queen suggests they make a concert in honor of a fan-favorite royal member, her late husband, Prince John. She appoints Prince Jameson, the only royal family member who isn’t caught in any scandal, to head and arrange this concert against his wish.
Prince Jameson tries to object but the Queen corners him, reminding him of how to shed done him a favor and keeping him out of the spotlight by not passing his late father’s office to him. She even goes as far as threatening to give him a royal official post by force.
Left without choice, Prince Jameson accepts because since the queen is his grandmother, she’s also his sovereign ruler.
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Part 2: Hot Chapters From American Royalty
Chapter 3
After the doctored video had made rounds on the internet, the American megastar, Duchess is at risk of being canceled. She doesn’t take this to heart at first until four companies who have been meaning to acquire her cosmetic line Mela Skin begin to pull out of the deal with flimsy excuses.
Taking this new development to heart, Danielle is worried when the only company still open to acquiring her, Genesis, calls for a meeting. Danielle dresses according to the theme and attends the meeting.
Just as she expected, the company is contemplating dropping her, but after much debate, they advise she make a public apology to Samantha Banks to end their feud, or they’ll pull out from the deal. This stuns Danielle, but she refuses to do it because shes are innocent.
Part 3: Conclusion of American Royalty
American Royalty by Tracey Livesay is a contemporary romance book set in the entertainment industry. The book uses the controversy surrounding the fast-rising megastar Duchess to address the segregation and over-sexualization of women in the entertainment industry.
