Nina Gonzalez

Nina Gonzalez is the best friend of Princess Samantha, Ex-girlfriend of Prince Jefferson, daughter of Isabella and Julie Gonzalez, the former of whom is the Minister of the Treasury. Her mother got this job when she was very little, and through that she meet her best friend, Princess Samantha. Nina is one of the main protagonists of American Royals I & American Royals II: Majesty, and many chapters throughout the series are from her point of view.

Early Life
When Nina was young, her mother took her to her interview at Washington Palace after her babysitter canceled last minute. There, she befriended Princess Samantha. When she wasn't at the palace with Samantha, she was at the Children's section of the library reading. When her mother (Isabella Gonzalez) would pick her up as a child, Nina would tell her all about the books she read and the hidden meanings.

As a freshman at King's College in Washington, Virginia, she is part of a work-study scholarship that has her work as a circulation page at the library. She is also taking World History, as the founder of the university, King Edward I, required all freshman to take it. In the early chapters of the books, she commented that the French were almost as obsessed with the name Louis, as the Americans were with George.

American Royals
Nina is brought to the Queen's Ball by Samantha. She later dates Sam's brother Jefferson, they date for most of the book, leading to a final breakup in the end.

American Royals II: Majesty
Nina has a hard time adjusting to her breakup with Jeff for the first couple of chapters. She eventually moves on and starts to date his best friend Ethan Beckett, they keep their relationship in the dark for a while, not wanting Jeff to know. He eventually finds out and is upset. He gets over it, and Ethan and Nina continue dating. Nina then finds out Ethan was only dating her to keep her away from Jefferson for Daphne. But, he declares his love for Nina and only Nina, and how he fell in love. They get back together at the end.

Appearance
Nina is described as having "burnished sienna skin". She has dark hair. She has the Chinese character for "friendship" on one of her wrists, a tattoo she got with Samantha to commemorate their 18th birthdays. She also has piercings up her ear cartilage.

Rachel Greenbaum
Rachel is one of Nina's friends at school. She named all ten of her pet goldfish after Prince Jefferson. We later learn that she and almost every other girl in America had a crush on him when she was younger. Rachel also has an on again, off again boyfriend named Logan. He's apart of the same Frat house the late King of America and his father were both former presidents off. This frat house was also the place were Nina and Jeff made up after one of their many fights.

Princess Samantha
Nina had known Sam for twelve years at the time of the first book through her mom, Isabella, who began working as the king's new chamberlain.

Ethan Beckett
Nina began dating Ethan in Majesty. They both went to King's College and Ethan began pursing Nina after Daphne told him to to distract Nina from Jeff.

Prince Jefferson
Nina dated Jefferson in American Royals. However, due to Daphne's scheming and the paparazzi, they both broke it off. They first hooked up at Jeff and Sam's graduation party while Jefferson was still dating Daphne.

Trivia

 * Nina's favorite taco shop is the Salsa Deli, where she brought Prince Jefferson on a date after they left the Matsuhara.
 * She knows the Dewey decimal system by heart
 * When she was younger, she had a bowl cut hairstyle
 * On Nina and Jeff’s first date Nina got a double m&m Wawa milkshake.