Contemporary Romance published by Montlake 08 Aug 23
Callum might be European royalty and rich as Croesus, but from time to time he is compelled to leave the seclusion of his life in the wilds of Maine to fulfill family obligations. One such event drags him to Washington D.C., where he rescues modern-day Cinderella June and brings her back to his small town. June’s evil stepsister and stepmother, however, are not content to sit back and let June have Callum. And so begins this modern tale of Cinderella and her prince.
June is an excellent cook and housekeeper but has no marketable skills. So safely ensconced in Cal’s guest bedroom, she lands a job at a nearby senior center taking care of the residents. As she makes friends and charms his friends, Cal finds himself drawn to her against his will. Even as he’s trying hard to resist her, trouble has followed them to their remote corner of the world.
June’s stepmother has hired an assassin to scare June and eventually kill her, so the stepsister can win the prince and become a princess. The outcome, of course, is a foregone conclusion, but it’s an interesting twist getting there.
If you are invested in the series, you get to meet all the characters from the previous books to see each one progress on their own paths to romance.
Grade: B
Summary:
Former military man and member of a royal family Callum Redmon can’t deny his sense of responsibility. So when his cousin’s latest love interest claims to have a stalker, Cal reluctantly meets with the young woman and her mother. He wants to write off the situation as a complete farce—if only his feelings for another member of the household could be as easily dismissed.
Since her father’s death seventeen years ago, Juniper Rose has been at the cruel beck and call of her stepmother and stepsister. Her fantasies of escape mean leaving behind her father’s beloved home, but enough is enough: when Cal offers her a way out sooner rather than later, June takes the leap.
Cal’s home in Maine with his military brothers seems like the safest place to start fresh. But as Cal and June’s fairy-tale romance blossoms into something real, they find that the dangers stalking them may have been real all along.
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