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What if you are trapped in a fairy tale book?
When Kat accidentally rips apart an old childhood picturebook, she's magically transported into the world of Cinderella - as Katriona, one of the ugly stepsisters! To get back, she'll have to complete the story, right to the end of happily ever after. But the odds are huge: The other stepsister is movie-star gorgeous, the fairy godmother is nowhere to be found, and the prince isn't interested in balls at all. Can she ever return to the real world?
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In a city that never was, sex, scandal, and swordplay combine in a melodrama of manners that takes listeners to a world inspired by Elizabethan London, 18th century Paris, and 1980s New York City. Sexuality is fluid, politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers. Intrigue is afoot when a Duchess, a scholar, a swordswoman, and a genius, are brought together by long-buried lies and truths that cannot be denied.
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Wonderful story, flawed narration
- By Kristin on 05-25-18
By: Ellen Kushner, and others
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Revealed
- By: Kate Noble
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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Phillippa Benning is the unrivaled beauty of the Season. But when another lady challenges her for a marquis's attentions, Phillippa entices him to a secret rendezvous only to stumble upon The Blue Raven, England's most famous spy, lurking at the site of her planned tryst. The Blue Raven has uncovered an enemy plot directed at upcoming society functions, but he's unable to infiltrate London society.
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Really enjoyed this one — terrific listen — ignore the negative reviews
- By Pamela on 08-31-20
By: Kate Noble
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About a Rogue
- Desperately Seeking Duke
- By: Caroline Linden
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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Bianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. James, notorious rake. Defiantly, she helps Cathy elope with her true love and takes her sister’s place at the altar. Perched on the lowest branch of his family tree, Max has relied on charm and cunning to survive. But an unexpected stroke of luck gives him an outside chance at a dukedom - and which Tate sister he weds hardly seems to matter. Married or not, Bianca is determined to protect her family’s prosperous ceramics business, even when Max shows an affinity for it.
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Story through internal thoughts and over-telling
- By Laurie S on 08-01-21
By: Caroline Linden
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Winter Collection
- Six Historical Short Stories (A Timeless Romance Anthology, Book 1)
- By: Sarah M. Eden, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, and others
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Six award-winning authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, listeners will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance.
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Winter
- By Manila J. Dobbs on 08-12-23
By: Sarah M. Eden, and others
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Once a Duchess
- Crimson Romance, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Boyce
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
- Length: 10 hrs
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Isabelle Lockwood was a duchess, until her husband of only a few months wrongfully divorced her for adultery. Since then she's been a pariah, living in anonymous exile to escape the prying eyes and wagging tongues of the town. More than anything, Isabelle longs for a family of her own, and so has to marry again. But society is ruthlessly unforgiving. To clear her name, Isabelle must face down her past - and the man who broke her heart and ruined her completely. Marshall Lockwood, Duke of Monthwaite, was blindsided by his young bride's infidelity.
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Great Listen, Wonderful Story
- By Kirsten Wilson on 05-01-18
By: Elizabeth Boyce
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Secrets of a Wedding Night
- Secret Brides, Book 1
- By: Valerie Bowman
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Young, widowed, and penniless, Lily Andrews, the Countess of Merrill, has strong opinions on marriage. When she spots a certain engagement announcement in The Times, she decides to take action. She will not allow another hapless girl to fall prey to a man - particularly the scoundrel who broke her heart five years ago. Anonymously she writes and distributes a pamphlet entitled "Secrets of a Wedding Night," knowing it will find its way into his intended's innocent hands.
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Regency romance with secrets, scandals & seduction
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 02-26-13
By: Valerie Bowman
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The Shifting Fog [also published under the alternate title The House at Riverton]
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks.
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Alternate title for "The House at Riverton"
- By Karen on 12-22-13
By: Kate Morton
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Scandal Wears Satin
- The Dressmakers Series, Book 2
- By: Loretta Chase
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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This time, Scandal Wears Satin, as the second sister from a somewhat scandalous aristocratic family - the purveyors of one of London’s most fashionable shops - finds passion and a love as sumptuous as the gorgeous gowns she creates. Superstar romance author Susan Elizabeth Phillips says Loretta Chase has “a rare talent for creating crackling sexual tension and characters so fresh and compelling that readers won’t be able to forget them.”
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romantic comedy
- By Amazon Customer on 12-17-20
By: Loretta Chase
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The Unexpected Duchess
- Playful Brides, Book 1
- By: Valerie Bowman
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Lady Upton's tongue may be too sharp to attract suitors, but her heart is good, and when her painfully shy friend Cassandra needs help, she devises a brilliant scheme to help her discourage an unwanted suitor, the Duke of Claringdon. Lucy will hide behind the hedgerow and tell Cass just what to say...but it turns out that he's made of sterner stuff than either of them anticipated. And Lucy is shocked to discover that tangling with the tenacious man is the most fun she's had in ages.
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Could not deal with the reader
- By M_____ on 07-19-14
By: Valerie Bowman
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To Taste Temptation
- Legend of the Four Soldiers, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Hoyt
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Britain’s high society—le bon ton—loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they’re giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. Lady Emeline Gordon is captivated by Samuel. Not only does he defy convention with his unusual dress, his sensual smile, and his forthright manner, but he survived the battle that killed her beloved brother.
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Loved It
- By Cathie on 10-26-10
By: Elizabeth Hoyt
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It's Getting Scot in Here
- The Wild Wicked Highlanders Series, Book 1
- By: Suzanne Enoch
- Narrated by: Flora MacDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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Rough, rugged Highlander Niall MacTaggert and his brothers know the rules: the eldest must marry or lose the ancestral estate, period. But Niall's eldest brother just isn't interested in the lady his mother selected. Is it because Amelia-Rose is just too...free-spirited? Yes. Brazen? Aye. Surely Niall can find a way to soften up the whip-smart lass and make her the perfect match for his brother for the sake of the family. Instead, it's Niall who tempts Amelia-Rose, despite her reservations about barbarian Highlanders.
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Reader ruined story
- By Glow3 on 05-26-19
By: Suzanne Enoch
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All Hearts Come Home for Christmas
- A Regency Romance Collection
- By: Sarah M. Eden, Anita Stansfield, Esther Hatch, and others
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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Christmas at Falstone Castle - Sarah M. Eden - The Dowager Duchess of Kielder eagerly anticipates spending Christmas with her son and his family. Though their relationship has been strained, the duchess is determined to heal the chasm. Even with the help of the widowed local vicar, her plan will take a Christmas miracle. But during this magical season, anything is possible...even two second chances for love.
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Delightful!!
- By Delores DeMaria on 03-02-21
By: Sarah M. Eden, and others
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- Keonah McCullough
- 10-05-17
A cute story but I feel a bit robbed and confused
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I understand that I am an adult who is reading a young adult novel and that alone may influence how I feel about the ending but I am disappointed. The story was engaging and interesting and the heroine was a very likeable character. I even was pulling for her the entire time to fall in love with the Prince but once I got what I wanted in the ending, the author immediately stole it away from us.
The main character Kat gets sucked into a story book and becomes one of Cinderella's step-sisters. She alone knows that this is a book and is tasked with making the entire story come true with very little help and none of the plot set up for her in advance. She works hard at social reform and in the process catches the eye of the prince. Long story short, she falls in love with him and he loves her in return. They marry and as soon as they say " I do" she goes back to her world. I was angry about this. I had a feeling that no time would have passed in the real world once she completed the story but I was hoping that she would actually get to live out the life she planned with the man she loved enough to marry and actually get to retain those memories when she returned. (Sort of like in the lion the witch and the wardrobe when the kids grew old and lived their lives in the other world but still returned as children once they were done) But no. She said I do and was instantly kicked out of the world that contained the man she loved and sent back to her world again to get a date with a cute guy?? That was my consolation prize?? A date with a cute boy after she spent over a year falling in love and planning a life with a man!!
I was just not happy with the last chapter. I feel like it ruined a wonderful book that I didn't want to put down. I'm afraid to read the next book because what if the next people fall in love and forget each other again. My heart can't take it. The story said "...and they lived happily ever after" after the wedding but Kat didn't get to experience or remember any of it. So what about her husband Edward? Did he experience the happily ever after or did his wife's personality change instantly after they married and Kat was sucked back to reality. Or did he cease to exist once the one real person left? And if he did cease to exist, why would she knowingly kill him off by marrying him? ugh!!! I am so frustrated and confused.
Read up to the part that he asks her to marry him and then stop. You will be happier imaging your own ending. 😒
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- michele lynn turner
- 06-13-17
Loved it
Hope the next one comes out soon. Absolutely loved this book!!! It's a must read.
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- dwalters
- 07-12-16
AMAZING
this book was absolutely amazing
must read for anyone who cherishes a good fairy tale!
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- Louy
- 07-18-17
Disappointed Stepsister
I love fiction based on fantasy, but this attempt didn't come close. It was a bit "herky-jerky" for a Cinderella story. Keep trying!
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- Shannon
- 08-08-16
Amazing!
This book was amazing and I couldn't put it down. It's totally kept my attention from beginning to end! I loved every minute and didn't want it to end! I can't want to read book two!
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- Jana Giacomi
- 09-29-16
Enjoyable!!!
Got this on my Kindle Unlimited in audio. I had loaded it a few days ago for when I finished series I was reading until other book I wanted was released. The story was so well done and engaging in couldn't turn it off. I listened to it straight through. I highly recommend!
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- Jen.H
- 01-28-18
Just ok, a superficial and idealistic teen flick
What did you like best about The Ugly Stepsister ? What did you like least?
This is your typical whimsical and inspirational girly flick. I liked how the author tried to make the world and to establish Kat as a “strong, independent, modernized woman.” However, it’s too fantastical and just unrealistic. Yea, I know it’s fiction and Kat gets sucked inside a fairytale book but the author tries real hard to make the world, at best, historically accurate. There’s the typical doing visiting calls, going to shops, embroidery every day shtick woman of olden days went through. That stuff I could believe, the serious stuff they get into later, I just rolled my eyes.
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The whole child labor and fixing the law to avoid children dying or getting injured was definitely ideal, not just in Kat’s world but in real history. However, Kat’s world did not draw out the negative consequences. Supposedly kids work to get money and they do 16 hours a day or so. Kat essentially makes a new law saying kids should work 8 hours. It doesn’t pass the first time through parliament but that’s expected. Yet, it gets majority vote the next time. Ok, perhaps with good momentum and campaigning, that could happen. BUT I expected some backlash from the business owners. Not some flippant or weak backlash but pure anger and even hatred. The evil mob mentality thing. If I was a business owner at the time, supporting child labor and not caring if children die in my service, I would fight the amendment. Harsh business owners would rally other harsh business owners and cause trouble for those who made the new amendment. THIS drama, in my opinion, is the good stuff that really identifies the heroes and villains. To continue, the class divide is apparently prevelant during this time period of the book too. Rich people don’t care about poor people, especially kids. The book says royalty has no real power either so most likely, the rich dominates parliament. If a new bill threatens your wealth and income, essentially your livelihood, there would be negative consequences. That’s just how life works!
In addition, there is no mentioning how less hours would affect the pay of the children. Do they get less wages since they’re working less? Is the 8 hour work day even possible to support a whole family? Essentially, Kat wants no kid to work but how in the hell will that help poor families survive? The kids work their butts off to help their families so if you strip them of their jobs completely with no mention of any support system, you’re making everything worse!
Another thing I had trouble with was Kat’s idea of marriage. Historically speaking, yes, eloping would cause scandal and shame. Being such an avid reader, Kat should’ve realized it wasn’t just a small thing but it was a very, VERY serious matter. She even references Pride and Prejudice a couple times and in that book, Lydia’s elopement was HUGE. It could’ve affected the marriage changes of the other Bennet girls and ruined the family. Why? Scandals ruin reputation and if you wanted to marry up into the world, you don’t want everybody gossiping about your family. Marrying down in the world can even lead to social ostracism because of class divide. The book leans too heavily on modern ideas when it is set in a not-modern world that valued reputation, avoided scandals, and (again) had a predominant class divide. Kat treated Poppy’s elopement idealistically and she should’ve expected some sort of punishment. When Lady Bradshaw “grounded” Kat to her room—rather tame punishment if you ask me—Kat was melodramatic and all teen angst. Her defense against running away from home was “I wrote a note.” Wow, what a “strong” heroine we have here. Even the prince supporting the elopement was far fetched. Him doing that would encourage Kat to dirty her own reputation for supporting the elopement and that could’ve caused the King and Queen to reject her as a daughter in law. At best, they would’ve disapproved of her. Remember, class divide! Reputation! The toffs and their belief they’re better than everyone else! History!!!
I understand the author’s intent with the story but it falls flat, oh sooo flat, with the consequences. If you can overlook those flaws, then this book is your typical teen Disney-esque book with lots and lots of youthful ideals, hopes, and dreams. But if you want a down to earth realistic rendition of Cinderella, like this book intended, this isn’t the book for you. Heck, that Australian transfer student in the beginning lost his accent at the end of the book so if you’re expecting consistency, then look elsewhere.
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- escoocoo
- 01-29-24
Cute!
Cute retelling of the Cinderella story. I really liked the way it ends, after my trying to guess throughout how Kat was going to get out of what seemed like a pretty impossible predicament. A little slow moving at times but, overall an enjoyable and entertaining listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-07-23
Fun start, lackluster ending
While I was hoping of getting something more like the 2002 TV-movie Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, aka my favorite version of a Cinderella story, I wasn't expecting to get it. I and was right.
This started out with fun fairytale (+ modern-ish) vibes and was a nice read for a snowy December, filled with pretty dresses, balls, fairies and mischievous goblins.
However, it shows signs that it was written almost 10 years ago. There were a few consistent things that I cringed every time I heard them and which I think would not fly today in a story of this type - such as fat-shaming, slut-shaming, the singularity of beauty standards (aka the idea that everyone would be in love with only one girl because she is deemed "the most beautiful" of all), mean girls ganging up on our protagonist who has the eyes of the prince, to name a few.
Additionally, I found the villains in this story to be very shallow and thus, not compelling at all.
All that said, I was planning on giving this 4 starts because I had a fun time listening to this, but then ending happened where our protagonist pretty much gave up on the whole ending of Cinderella story that she was trying to achieve throughout the whole book and hand-waved the reasons for why she could do that. It seemed so lackluster an ending that I my enjoyment suffered a lot due to this. I felt like the author couldn't commit to a more bittersweet ending and just wanted to quickly end it instead. Thus, 3 stars, and I don't think that I will be continuing on with this series.
The narrator, Luci Christian was really good and fun to listen to. My only "complaint" was that she has this way of pronouncing words that start with "w" (sounds almost like she's saying "fua") that I am very unaccustomed to and which bothered me a tiny bit each time I heard it.
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- Y
- 05-02-23
Listened to this no less than 10 times..
one of my favorite books to listen to again and again. it's just so nostalgic, read it as a teen and still like it as an adult it's perfectly cliche and the characters are interesting and the narrator does a great job! simple and cute romance books like this are often more toe curling than what most authors are writing nowadays imo.
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