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FOOLING AROUND WITH CINDERELLA
Storybook Valley #1
Stacy Juba
Released November 9th, 2015
Self Published
What happens when the glass slippers pinch Cinderella's toes?
When Jaine Andersen proposes a new marketing role to the local amusement park, general manager Dylan Callahan charms her into filling Cinderella’s glass slippers for the summer. Her reign transforms Jaine’s ordinary life into chaos that would bewilder a fairy godmother. Secretly dating her bad boy boss, running wedding errands for her ungrateful sisters, and defending herself from the park’s resident villain means Jaine needs lots more than a comfy pair of shoes to restore order in her kingdom.
First in the Storybook Valley series, a blend of sweet romance, chick lit, and fairy tale fun.
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MY REVIEW
MY REVIEW
This might not have been an exact retelling of the famous story of Cinderella, but that exactly was its beauty!
When Jaine sign ups for an interview in the amusement park of Storybook Valley for a marketing job position she never expects the events that will soon start unfolding.
Her extremely handsome new boss Dylan, offers her a temporary position as the central princess star of their park, Cinderella, until fall, when she can start fully working as the marketing coordinator. In need of a job, Jaine reluctantly accepts his offer.
From them on, things just kept getting more exciting by the minute!
There is a rather big amount of things I loved about this book. The main characters, the slow and gradual building of Jaine and Dylan's relationship, which seemed so real and natural, the similarities with the popular fairy tale. Everything was amazing!
Jaine is a young, independent woman, that has been looking for a job, ever since she was left unemployed. When she was at a young age she lost her mother, and now that her father remarried another woman and left to leave with her, Jaine is left with only her twin sisters and her young niece in her life! Her sisters might not be the evil twins of the original fairy tale, but they were a little selfish and self-centered, while also being closer with each other and not with Jaine.
Dylan wasn't the son his parents originally wanted to take over the management of the park. But, the course of events forced him to take over. Having previously been a "bad boy" he didn't wanted to prove himself worthy his parents' disappointment.
This is why the attraction between him and Jaine, that was imminent right from the beginning, complicated things...
This was an awesome and very authentic story, with a magical fairy tale twist, and I enjoyed every minute of it!
All in all, 5 stars for an original retelling
of one of my favorite stories!
EXCERPT
Dylan
scrutinized Jaine, arms folded across his royal blue shirt with the Storybook
Valley logo stamped over the left in white block letters. “Do you wear
contacts?”
“I
have plenty of media contacts. Wait. Did you say wear contacts? You mean
instead of these?” Jaine fingered the earpiece of her gold-rimmed glasses.
“Right.
Contact lenses.”
She
gave a nervous chuckle. “I scheduled a consultation in college, but was too
squeamish to insert the lens. I was more comfortable in glasses.”
Was
she really justifying her vision enhancement choices to her prospective new
boss? Maybe he intended to discuss medical benefits. Or did he think she looked
nerdy? What was the saying? Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses?
Not that she wanted him to make a pass even if he was hot.
“How
blind are you without glasses?” Dylan persisted.
“You
wouldn’t want to drive with me.”
“How
about if you’re walking around a building? Are you in danger of hurting
yourself?”
This
interview had taken the Mad Hatter Freeway from Fairy Tale Land into Wonderland
where nothing made a damn bit of sense. Did this guy have a glasses fetish,
like those weirdoes with shoe fetishes?
“I
should be okay. I take them off for special occasions.” In fact, Jaine’s older
sister Bree, who was getting married in August, remarked just last week, “You
are losing the glasses for my wedding pictures, right?”
What
the hell. She’d be a good sport and hope Dylan would be so grateful to pick the
brain of a real, flesh and blood, bespectacled person that he would appoint her
marketing director. Jaine removed her glasses and the fine details of her
surroundings fuzzed. She nodded toward the framed print hanging on a side wall,
the picture a wash of symbols and colors. “I can tell that’s a park map, but
the words and images smear together.”
And
that was myopia in a nutshell. Jaine adjusted her glasses back into place so
she could see his reaction. Dylan examined her with such intensity that a blush
stained her cheeks. She patted her blonde French braid, in case stray strands
were straggling out.
“Here’s
the situation,” Dylan said. “I took over the general manager position a few
months ago. I’m evaluating possible changes and researching how other theme
parks run. My grandfather and father have worked with a marketing firm for
years to create our brochures, billboards, print, and radio ads.”
Jaine’s
shoulders caved, imperceptible to him, but it felt as if her whole body was
sinking.
No
fairy tale job ending for her.
Stacy Juba got engaged at Epcot Theme
Park and spent part of her honeymoon at Disneyland Paris, where she ate a
burger, went on fast rides, and threw up on the train ride to the hotel. In
addition to working on her new Storybook Valley chick lit/sweet romance series,
Stacy has written books about ice hockey, teen psychics, U.S. flag etiquette
for kids, and determined women sleuths. She has had a novel ranked as #5 in the
Nook Store and #30 on the Amazon Kindle Paid List.
When she’s not visiting
theme parks with her family, (avoiding rides that spin and exotic hamburgers),
or writing about them, Stacy helps authors to strengthen their manuscripts
through her Crossroads Editing Service. She is currently writing the next book
in the Storybook Valley Series, Prancing Around with Sleeping Beauty.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review at such a busy time of year. It's much appreciated! Happy Holidays! So glad you enjoyed the book.
ReplyDeleteIt was an absolute pleasure reading "Fooling Around With Cinderella"!!!
DeleteI just loved the book! Both the characters and the plot were awesome! :)