The Calypso Chronicles

A Royal Mess

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!

You can buy 'A Royal Mess' now on Amazon.

A Royal Match

A Royal Match

An ordinary girl, a prince in line to the throne.

This has the makings of A Royal Match

At the British boarding school St. Augustine's, Calypso Kelly is known as the "American freak". But this year, Year Ten, she's armed with a plan to become the most popular: a very hot, very imaginary boyfriend back home in LA. When she sets her plan in motion, Calypso is shocked at how easily she joins the inner circle of Britain's most elite girls. Popularity comes with a price... but also a Prince. After an event with the boys' school Eades, Calypso starts getting texts - and fancy royal letters - from heir to the throne Prince Freddie! Not everyone is so thrilled with the idea of an American girl dating the prince of England though - especially when a photo of Calypso and Prince Freddie kissing winds up in the tabloids. It will take some quick thinking (and a saftey pin) to save her reputation - and her royal romance... You can buy A Royal Match on Amazon now

"[A] rich and gossipy treat." - BCCB

"Why you'll love it: It's a bizarre love triangle between a spunky girl, her fake boyfriend and the prince of England. Who can resist that?" - Twist Magazine

Pulling Princes

Pulling Princes (USA edition)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to escape the madness of your parental clutches and run away to boarding school? Well I never did! My rentals decided for me. Why I couldn't go to an ordinary school near where we live in LA intstead of the posher than thou St. Augustine's School for Ladies near Windsor in England is anyone's guess. Of course I was the instant school misfit. Honestly anything that marks you out as normal in America seemed to have me branded a freak by the posh Sloanes at my school most of whom seem to be descended from royalty if not royal themselves. After three years of being the school freak, I decided, enough was enough so...I pulled HRH himself - yes, the prince of England. And that's when my real troubles started.

Read a sample chapter or buy from Amazon » in USA

Or buy the CD audio book from Bolinda narrated by Tyne O'Connell.

"....Verdict: Funny exposé of It-girlschool life." - Elle Girl UK

"A right royal read!" - Cosmo Girl UK

"Briget Jones for the early teen set." - Washington Post USA More reviews »

Stealing Princes

Stealing Princes (USA edition)

Welcome back to St. Augustine's-the exclusive, all-girls English boarding school where Daddy's plastic and Mummy's contacts rule, though the pedigree of the text messages you receive on your mobile phone is the only Who's Who list that really counts.

Read a sample chapter or buy from Amazon » USA

"A fresh and sassy new voice for teenage fiction, this is a hilarious look at the world of 'upmarket' teenage angst in boarding school culture and an expose of what it's like to be ordinary in an extraordinary world." Publishing News More reviews »

Dueling Princes

Dueling Princes (USA edition)

News Flash: Yes the blog mill is true. I Calypso Kelly have finally pulled the distressingly fit, Prince Freddie! And now he's mine, all mine. Even my vile uniform and viler new roommate, the not so Honorable Honey O’Hare, can’t seem to bring me down. This is the year that I am determined to win a place on the National Sabre Team. Which is why the last thing I need is the added madness of my LA parents running about like a mid-life crisis on hormones and causing all sorts of unwanted mayhem.

Can a modern girl have her prince, win her sabre bouts, and persuade her parents to start acting like adults? You can order all my embarrassing escapades from Amazon » in the USA or Amazon » in the UK.

"O'Connell's Calypso Chronicles blend appealing components of such popular series as Gossip Girls and The Princess Diaries. In this installment, Calypso is at the top of her game." Booklist on Dueling Princes More reviews »

Dumping Princes

Dumping Princes (USA edition)

Out in the USA in October 2006 and in the UK in January 2007

No one dumps a girl from St. Augustine's!

Dating Prince Freddie is bliss as far as Calypso Kelly is concerned. So when her friends at the posh St. Augustine’s School for girls decide to chuck their boyfriends and concentrate on their studies, Calypso is horrified! But not nearly as horrified as when Freds dumps her…setting into motion a chain of events that leads to a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. With her first international fencing competition coming up in Italy, and a captivating new boy showering her with attention, can Calypso pull it together and win her prince back? And even if she does, will she have the heart to dump him? All may be fair in love and war…unless, of course, you’re in love with a prince…

You can order all my embarrassing escapades from Amazon » in the USA or Amazon » in the UK.

UK Pulling Princes

Pulling Princes in the UK

Published by Piccadilly Press and available throughout the UK at all good book shops or on line at Amazon » UK

"....Verdict: Funny exposé of It-girlschool life." - Elle Girl UK

"A right royal read!" - Cosmo Girl UK

UK Stealing Princes

Stealing Princes in the UK

Stealing Princes, published in the UK by Piccadilly Press. For anyone who has ever been to boarding school or who secretly dreams of running away to boarding school. Available in bookshops throughout the UK and of course, on line at Amazon » UK

"A fresh and sassy new voice for teenage fiction, this is a hilarious look at the world of 'upmarket' teenage angst in boarding school culture and an expose of what it's like to be ordinary in an extraordinary world."Publishing News UK

UK Duelling Princes

Duelling Princes in the UK

OUT IN THE UK NOW! At all bookshops or Amazon » UK - it's the perfect present for your best girlfriends!

"You'll laugh your socks off." - Mizz

"Give this to fans of Princess Mia and Georgia Nicholson" - Booklist.

Hilarious and insightful. All a girl needs to know about boarding schools, battles and boys!

This third book in the fab ...Princes series sees Calypso trying to hold on to her Prince, get into the national fencing team and keep her grades up. All that and her mum turns up, wanting to "spend more quality time with my Boodjie Woodjie!" You'll laugh your socks off. - Mizz

UK Dumping Princes

Dumping Princes in the UK

OUT IN THE UK NOW! At all bookshops or Amazon » UK - it's unbelievable!

"Fresh and sassy...a hilarious look at "upmarket" boarding school culture." - Starred Choice, Publishing News.

Want to know which Pulling Princes character you are most like? Check out theNew Quiz and find out who you are. You might be shocked! For all those fans of the midnight feast my matage and I have revealed our own personal secret recipes and suggestions for this vital boarding school ritual. But we beg you, please, please, please with Jelly Babies on top, DON'T TELL OUR HOUSE SPINSTER! Seriously, she'd sprout a man beard if she discovered what we get up to while she's watching East Enders and Footballers Wives.