How to Change the Protocol

Briarbridge Island Book Two

By: Stephanie Taylor

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Princess Alexandra has spent decades being everything the world expected of her—graceful, loyal, polished, and silent.

But on the night of her fiftieth birthday, she does the unthinkable: she walks away.

She leaves behind the palace, her failing marriage, and the life that has been suffocating her for years, escaping to Briarbridge Island—a windswept seaside haven off the coast of New England—where she hopes to finally remember who she is beyond the crown.

But freedom comes at a price...

Back in London, Prince Arthur is furious, the palace is closing ranks, and the press is watching for every misstep. As pressure mounts from every direction, Alex finds herself caught between duty and independence, public image and private truth, the life she was handed and the life she wants to claim for herself.

And Alex isn’t the only one with secrets.

At her side is Jasper Figg, her fiercely loyal private secretary, a man who has spent years protecting everyone else while burying the heartbreak of his own past. But as old wounds resurface and buried truths begin to emerge, both Alex and Jasper must decide whether following the rules is worth the cost—or whether it’s finally time to risk everything for something real.

Set against the charm and beauty of island life, How to Change the Protocol is a sweeping, emotional novel about reinvention, friendship, sacrifice, scandal, and the courage it takes to choose yourself at last.