Katharine McGee. American Royals (American Royals #1). Random House, 2019. ISBN 978-1984830173 448 pp. $18.99

*****

This is excellent speculative fiction about what might have happened if Washington accepted being made King of America, instead of an elected Presidency. Everyone is with the wrong person and longing for someone else in this YA novel of court, politics, matchmaking and queen-making.