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When Elizabeth Bennet dons the mask of Athena at a Twelfth Night masquerade, she expects only an evening of diversion. But after a misadventure involving a determined rake, a lost shoe, and a most inconvenient encounter in the garden, she finds herself at the centre of London’s latest scandal. Fitzwilliam Darcy prides himself on propriety. But when he spots a lady in distress and steps in to help, he doesn’t rescue her from trouble—he walks straight into it with her. One country maiden, a moonlight encounter, and a slipper in the wrong hands is all it takes: the ton believes them engaged.

Creel can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries. But when the beast actually appears, Creel not only bargains with him for her life, she also ends up with a rare bit of treasure from his hoard: a pair of simple blue slippers, or so she thinks.

Violet Kingsley is invisible. Reduced to little more than a servant in her stepmother's home, she spends her days mending her stepsister's gowns, managing household accounts no one thanks her for, and nursing the limp from an injury she tries never to think about. She has no fortune, no prospects, and no hope of escape. Until a mysterious benefactor offers her one impossible gift: a single night of freedom at the Duke of Elsberth's masquerade ball. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Elsberth, has spent years fending off fortune hunters and society matchmakers. He expects nothing from the evening ...

A princess by any other name… When a chance meeting at a summer house party brings Caden Thurgood, grandson of an earl, face to face with Mrs. Anna Jones, a widow, adamant the two have never met, he knows she’s lying. He applies his legendary charm into coaxing an admission out of her and succeeds only in falling under her spell—exactly as he did eleven years before when, as a lad, she occupied his every waking thought. Her very own Prince Charming… In fact, Anna remembers Caden well. He’s the boy who stole her heart, who she badgered into playacting Prince Charming to her ...

With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to sit around, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with dragon friend Shardas, pit her against a vicious new enemy, and perhaps rekindle a friendship with Prince Luka that seems to have gone cold.  

The final book in the Daughters of Eville series. This is Honor's story. A 12 Dancing Princesses twisted villain tale.

I've played matchmaker to all four of the Syndicate Lords, but somehow, I never seem to find my own match. That changes when I meet a handsome stranger and fall hard. Vale Gentry may be tall, dark, and devastatingly charming, but I should have known better than to get tangled up with an elf. Everyone knows they're the snobs of the magical world. I'm nothing more than dirt under their gilded shoes.

Meet the woman who'll inspire the author of the world's most famous story— Lucinda, a penniless English orphan, is abused and exploited as a cinder-sweep by her aristocratic relatives. On receiving her sole inheritance—a pair of glass-beaded slippers—she runs away to France in pursuit of an officer on whom she has a big crush. She joins the baggage train of Louis XIV’s army, survives a horrific massacre, and eventually finds her way to Paris. There she befriends the man who will some day write the world’s best loved fairy tale, Charles Perrault. There is much more: a witch hunt, ...

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK IndieNext Pick LibraryReads Pick This program is read by actor Bessie Carter, best known for her role as Prudence Featherington on the Netflix series Bridgerton. “With excellent accents and a soothing yet engaging voice, Bessie Carter’s narration was enchanting...

What happens when Cinderella is so painfully shy that she cannot bear the idea of attending the royal ball? Or when the slipper fits . . . but on the wrong girl? What happens when Cinderella is determined to oust an imposter prince from her rightful throne? Or when she is a cendrillon miner working from a space station orbiting a cthonian planet? What happens when Cinderella, a humble housemaid, is sent with a message for a prisoner trapped in a frightening fairy circus?

He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over than the mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own daughters appear the more odious. She employed her in the meanest work of the house.

As far as Creel is concerned, all is finally right with the world. The dragon king, Shardas, and his queen, Velika, have made a home for themselves on the Far Islands, and for the first time in centuries, it seems dragons and humans might be able to live together in peace. So what better time for Creel and Luka to plan their wedding? But then Velika gets kidnapped by a band of rogue dragons in need of their own queen. And Creel and Luka leap to aid Shardas and rescue her - only to discover that Luka's father has set his sights on taking back the Far Islands from the dragons. 

Cinderella shows a young schoolgirl that there is much more to being a princess than parties and fancy clothes. Listen along as Cinderella teaches a young girl what it truly means to be a princess.

Betraying the most powerful man in New York wasn’t something I ever envisioned when I first started playing games with Winston Constantine. But he’s engaged in far more dangerous games than ours, and his enemies are out for blood. Winston has my heart, the Morellis have incriminating photos, and I’m left with nothing except three stepbrothers who want to hurt me and a future in doubt. I knew Winston wouldn’t be my prince charming, but that didn’t stop me from falling for him. After all, the slippers fit, and I let myself believe I’d be dancing with Winston forever.

George Gershwin thinks he could do better, better than Broadway. Ira Gershwin disagrees, why get funny ideas about writing po-faced piano concertos that no one hears, when you’re already getting much respect and much money (and much female attention) from writing hit shows? But what George wants George gets, and soon the brothers are travelling to Europe to meet French maestro Maurice Ravel - you know, a real composer.

AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF Not Cinderella's Type (Book and Feature Film) Could you walk a mile in Brooke's shoes? High school senior Brooke Whitman has one goal--stay low and blend in until graduation. That's it. If anyone knew what her home life was really like then everything would change. She has to hide the fact that her barely-there-mom is a drunk, just to protect her two little sisters. If the state knew Brooke was running the house, they'd take her sisters away. And that wasn't going to happen. So far despite everything she's managed to keep them together. Until she has to ...

A girl with a secret and a prince on a mission-- When Prince Anthony spies Eleanoria Woodston outside her family home dressed as a servant, he knows something is amiss. Pretending to be John, his cousin's outrider, he decides to take matters into his own hands and figure out why Ella hasn't been seen at court. And more importantly why the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in the kingdom dresses like a pauper. Ella has had her own bout of trials, including losing her beloved father and facing the wrath and jealousy of her stepmother and stepsisters. Becoming a servant doesn't seem ...

Dear Diary.... Bess and I were thrilled to bump into our old buddy, Maggie Rogers, a promising young dancer who is in River Heights to perform a lead role in Sleeping Beauty. But someone's out to get Maggie. First, her phone was tampered with, making her late for rehearsal. Then her face was violently scratched out on the show's posters, and her dressing room was trashed beyond belief. I'm determined to find out who's trying to sabotage my friend's career.

Alas! Her eyes haunt Captain Maximilian still. Mimi is the fair daughter of the enemy, branded mad for the frightful stories that brought their lands to war. They are of two rival houses: the Houndsbergs and the Carlsbads. And the witch will revenge herself on them all if Max surrenders to this forbidden passion. And yet, in Mimi, he still sees some marks of the merry sprite who once bested him at catching toads. Did she not once look upon him in their youth as more than a dirty beggar? None else has stirred his heart so. But what is that in the face of their doomed, entangled destinies? ...

It's 1939. The set of the soon-to-be-classic film The Wizard of Oz is alive with tension. The demanding director has an explosive temper that threatens to erupt anytime something goes wrong. The teenage star has a hauntingly beautiful voice, but her youth and naivete keep causing delays on an already pricey production. In the midst of it all, aging starlet Billie Burke-wearing her ephemeral "Glinda the Good Witch" gown-watches everything unfold, hoping this movie will rejuvenate her sagging career . . . and perhaps help her hide a few secrets of her own.