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"Charming romantic fantasy"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 25, 2003
After years of being little more than a slave to her
odious stepmother and stepsisters, Elena Klovis gets her
first taste of freedom when they are forced to flee the
country, one step ahead of the creditors. Elena, known to
the townsfolk's as Ella Cinders, attends the Mop Fair Read more...
"Grownup bedtime story is magical and bewitching."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 26, 2003
What's a girl in the Five Hundred Kingdoms suppose to do
when Tradition is more fey than the folk who live in the
Enchanted Forest? Elena, with her horrific stepmother and
snobby stepsisters isn't going to take it sitting in the
cinders anymore! Sound familiar? Yet does she get her Read more...
"Fantasy Romance for the Persistent Reader"
Reviewed by Ann Leveille
Courtesy ParaNormal Romance Reviews
Posted February 21, 2004
Elena Klovis lives in the Five Hundred Kingdoms, a world
where fairy tales are as real as the magical Tradition
that, unseen and unheard, directs the lives of all those
who dwell within the kingdoms. Well, all those except the
magic-users who serve it - and even they are, in Read more...
"A wonderful debut to Harlequin's new fantasy line"
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted March 29, 2004
This story was indeed a fairy tale... with a twist.
Elena Klovis had lived a life of servitude. Her home is in
the Five Hundred Kingdoms, where magic and Tradition rule.
Her role was to have been the Cinderella of her kingdom
but fate had other plans and left her stuck Read more...
Cinderella meets Russian folk tales with a fairy godmother,
and three princes thrown in for good measure.
SummaryHard Cover edition also available. Jan. 2004 - ISBN:
0373802021
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