Princes of Avce — Victoria Pinder’s Royal Romance World Explained
If you have been searching for Princes of Avce — Victoria Pinder and wondering where to start, what the series is actually about, or why readers keep coming back for every single installment, you are in exactly the right place. The Princes of Avce is a 12-book royal romance series set in the fictional kingdom of Avce, built around billionaire royals, fake marriages, forced proximity, and the kind of slow-burn tension that makes you read until two in the morning without a single regret. USA Today Bestselling Author Victoria Pinder created this world as a love letter to royal romance readers who want the pageantry and the danger and the heat, all wrapped in emotional stories about people choosing love over obligation.
You can explore the full royal romance series hub to see every book in the Princes of Avce collection, or keep reading here for the behind-the-scenes story of how this series came to life and why it reads the way it does.
What Is the Princes of Avce Series About?
The Princes of Avce series follows the royal family of Avce, a fictional European kingdom where power, tradition, and family legacy collide with modern love stories that refuse to follow the rules. Across twelve books, each prince — and the women who match them — navigates the particular tension of being someone whose entire life has been mapped out by duty, only to meet the one person who rewrites every plan.
The tropes that run through this series are the ones romance readers come back to again and again for a reason. Fake marriages that become devastatingly real. Forced proximity where two people who should not be in the same room end up sharing much more than a conversation. Billionaire royals who have everything except the thing they actually want. And women who are more than capable of holding their own against a prince, a king, or anyone else who underestimates them.
What makes the Princes of Avce different from other royal romance series is that Victoria Pinder built the kingdom of Avce with specific internal rules, family dynamics, and political stakes. These are not costume-ball princes. They carry real weight. Every romance in the series happens inside a world where the stakes of getting it wrong are genuinely high.
The Kingdom of Avce — A World Victoria Built from Scratch
Honestly, one of the questions I get most often about this series is where Avce came from. The honest answer is that I wanted a kingdom that felt European and layered and real, but that I could fully control. When you set a royal romance in a real country, you are always bumping up against actual history, actual politics, actual royal protocols that your fictional couple has to navigate around. Avce let me build the rules myself.
The name came before the place. I had the sound of it, this short sharp word that felt like it could belong to a small principality somewhere between France and Italy in feel, and then I built backwards from there. What does the succession look like? Who holds power in the court? What does it mean to be born a prince of Avce versus marrying into that world? Those questions shaped every book before I wrote a single scene.
Princes of Avce Reading Order — Where to Start
If you are new to the Princes of Avce Victoria Pinder world, the best place to begin is with the free first book, Forbidden Crown. It is permafree on all retailers — Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more — which means there is genuinely no reason not to start today. Forbidden Crown establishes the kingdom, introduces the family dynamics, and drops you into the first love story with enough tension in the opening chapters that you will be hooked before you hit page thirty.
Here is a practical reading guide for the series:
| Book | Title | Primary Trope | Where to Get It |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forbidden Crown | Fake marriage, royal duty | FREE on all retailers |
| 4 | Princes of Avce Book 4 | Forced proximity, forbidden | All retailers |
| 7 | Princes of Avce Book 7 | Second chance, royal scandal | All retailers |
| 10 | Princes of Avce Book 10 | Marriage of convenience, secrets | All retailers |
| 12 | Forbidden Noble | Class divide, forbidden love | All retailers |
The series is designed so that each book works as a complete romance with a full happily ever after for that couple. You do not need to have read the previous books to enjoy any single installment. That said, reading in order lets you watch the kingdom of Avce evolve and the family dynamics deepen in ways that make the later books even more satisfying.
What Tropes Define the Princes of Avce Series?
This is the question I get in my DMs constantly and I love it because the honest answer is that the Princes of Avce is a trope-lover’s dream in the best possible way. If you gravitate toward any of these, this series was written specifically for you.
Fake Marriage That Becomes Real
This is the engine that drives more Princes of Avce books than any other trope. There is something about the fake marriage setup inside a royal context that amplifies everything. The stakes are public. The performance has to be convincing to an entire kingdom. And the feelings that develop are happening inside a relationship that was never supposed to be real, which means neither person has a clear script for what to do when it stops being fake. If you loved this trope in contemporary romance, the royal context in Avce makes it feel entirely new.
Forced Proximity with Royal Stakes
Royal protocols are excellent at forcing proximity. You cannot just leave a state dinner because things got awkward. You cannot avoid someone you are engaged to, even on paper, when the engagement was announced to the international press. The princes of Avce are trapped with their love interests in ways that feel organic to the world, which makes the tension land harder than it would in a more ordinary setting.
Billionaire Royals Who Are Unexpectedly Vulnerable
Every prince in this series has significant power and significant wealth. And every single one of them has a specific wound that their money and their title cannot fix. That gap between what they have and what they actually need is where every romance in the series lives. It is also why the heroines matter so much. They are not impressed by the title. They see the person underneath it, which is exactly what undoes these men completely.
If you love this dynamic, you might also enjoy the House of Morgan billionaire romance series — a different world but the same emotional DNA of powerful men with complicated hearts.
How the Princes of Avce Connects to Victoria’s Wider World
One of the things I think about constantly as a writer is how my different series talk to each other. The Princes of Avce lives in its own fictional kingdom, but the emotional architecture is the same one I use across everything I write. Men who built walls for good reasons. Women who are fully formed people with their own ambitions. Love that happens anyway, and costs something real, and is completely worth it.
If you came to the Princes of Avce from the Forbidden Marquis — the story of Rossie, who was abandoned at the altar and fled to Paris only to find herself in a contract marriage with an Italian marchese — you already know that the royal and aristocratic world Victoria builds is not a safe or predictable one. That book specifically bridges the Princes of Avce world with the broader aristocratic romance universe in a way that long-time readers find deeply satisfying.
For readers who also love the counter-espionage drama and displaced royals of the Irresistibly Brothers in Revenge series, there is a natural through-line. Both series take seriously what it means to be born to a legacy you did not choose, and both series ask what love requires when the stakes are this high. The reading experience is different — Avce is more court intrigue and romantic tension, while the Irresistibly series is full-on action and espionage — but the emotional core is the same.
Why Readers Keep Returning for Every Princes of Avce Book
I have been writing romance for over a decade and I have published more than 100 novels across multiple series. One thing I have learned is that readers come back to a world because of the feeling it gives them, not just the plot. The Princes of Avce gives readers a very specific feeling — the sensation of being inside a world that is more beautiful and more dangerous than ordinary life, watching two people find their way to each other in spite of every obstacle that world puts in their path.
The heroines in this series are the reason the books work. A prince is only as interesting as the woman who refuses to be impressed by him. Every heroine in the Princes of Avce came into that world with her own story, her own capabilities, and her own very good reasons for not wanting to fall for a royal. The fact that she does anyway, and that it costs something, and that it is worth it — that is the whole series in a sentence.
Readers also come back because each book delivers a complete HEA for that couple. There is no cliffhanger that leaves you stranded. Every prince and his heroine get their full love story resolved before the last page. The overarching world continues, the family dynamics deepen, but each romance is complete. That is a promise I make with every book in this series and I take it seriously.
What Readers Are Saying
The response to the Princes of Avce series since its launch has been exactly what I hoped for when I was building Avce from the ground up. Readers consistently mention the tension — the particular kind of romantic tension that builds when two people are performing a relationship for the world while trying desperately not to feel the real thing. They mention the world-building, the way Avce feels specific and lived-in rather than generically royal. And they mention the pacing — that the romance moves forward at exactly the right speed, never rushed, never stalled.
If you have been on the fence about starting a royal romance series, start with Forbidden Crown for free and see if Avce is your kind of world. Most readers who try it do not stop at one book.
Start the Princes of Avce Series Today
The complete Princes of Avce series is available wide across all major retailers. You can find every book — including the free first entry, Forbidden Crown — through the Victoria Pinder royal romance page, which shows all retailer buy buttons in one place. Available on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more.
If you want to read the Princes of Avce — Victoria Pinder full series overview and see all twelve covers, the canonical series hub lives at victoriapinder.com/princes_of_avce — that is your home base for everything Avce.
And if you want a personal recommendation on where to start based on your favorite tropes, DM me the word ROYAL and I will send you a curated reading path through the series. I love talking about these books and I will happily tell you which one to read first based on exactly what you are in the mood for.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Princes of Avce series by Victoria Pinder?
The Princes of Avce is a 12-book royal romance series by USA Today Bestselling Author Victoria Pinder, set in the fictional kingdom of Avce. Each book follows a different royal hero and heroine navigating tropes like fake marriage, forced proximity, marriage of convenience, and forbidden love, with every couple receiving a complete happily ever after. The series is available wide on all major retailers including Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Google Play.
Where do I start with the Princes of Avce Victoria Pinder series?
Start with Forbidden Crown, the first book in the Princes of Avce series — it is permanently free on all retailers. Forbidden Crown establishes the kingdom of Avce, introduces the royal family, and delivers a complete fake-marriage romance with full HEA. From there, you can read in order or jump to any book that matches your favorite trope, since each installment works as a standalone romance.
Is the Princes of Avce series complete or still ongoing?
The Princes of Avce series by Victoria Pinder spans 12 published books. Each book is a complete romance for one couple with a full happily ever after, so there are no unresolved cliffhangers. The kingdom of Avce continues to evolve across the series, and reading in order deepens the world-building experience, but every individual romance is self-contained and satisfying on its own.
What romance tropes appear in the Princes of Avce books?
The Princes of Avce series features fake marriage that becomes real, forced proximity, marriage of convenience, billionaire royals, class divide, forbidden love, and second chance romance across its twelve books. The fictional kingdom of Avce creates natural high stakes for every trope — performances must be convincing to an entire court, and the consequences of falling in love when you were not supposed to are genuinely significant in this world.
Are the Princes of Avce books available on all retailers or just Amazon?
The Princes of Avce books are available wide on all major retailers. Victoria Pinder is a wide author, which means every book in the series can be purchased on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and other retailers. The easiest way to find all buy links in one place is through victoriapinder.com/royal-romance/, which shows every retailer button for each book in the series.
How does the Princes of Avce compare to the Irresistibly Brothers in Revenge series?
Both series feature displaced royals and high-stakes romance, but the experience is different. The Princes of Avce centers on court intrigue, fake marriages, and the romantic tension of performing love inside a kingdom. The Irresistibly Brothers in Revenge series is counter-espionage and action romance — seven brothers reclaiming a stolen throne while falling in love in the most dangerous possible circumstances. If you love one series, you will likely love the other. Both deliver complete HEAs for every couple.
What makes the Princes of Avce kingdom feel different from other fictional royal romance worlds?
Victoria Pinder built the kingdom of Avce from scratch specifically to give her royal romance series authentic internal rules, family hierarchies, and political stakes without the constraints of real-world royal protocols. The result is a kingdom that feels European and layered, with succession laws, court politics, and family dynamics that shape every romance organically. The princes carry real weight and real vulnerability, and the heroines are fully realized people with their own ambitions — not simply love interests waiting for a title.
