Once upon a time (well, last week), my fellow Trashionista Sarah found a book billed as a “feel-good fairy tale” to be anything but, so I thought that for this week’s Tuesday Three I’d look at three books that might really suggest a happily ever after (if only with a novel!).
Deborah Wright's modern magical fairy tale, Under My Spell, features Cara, a 25-year- old witch who, desperate to escape the clutches of her batty mother, applies for a live-in nannying position with the Wilkins family. She’s delighted to get the position, and even more sure that this is the right move for her when she meets her gorgeous next door neighbour Sean. There’s just one thing that could go wrong…
Cara must remember all day, ever day, to act normal. If anyone finds out about her secret double life she’ll lose it all. The combination of normal world disasters and conspiracies of the magical world mean pretending to be normal is nearly a full time job in itself.
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal is Sarah Strohmeyer's second fairytale-themed fiction, following The Cinderella Pact. Despite its title, The Sleeping Beauty Proposal is a modern-day story about Genie Michaels, who has been dating university professor and newly successful author Hugh for four years. So when he proposes to her live on TV during a talk show interview, she's amazed but gratified, and can't wait to start planning her wedding. Until Hugh clarifies that while he was proposing to the love of his life, it’s not Genie.
So Genie's best friend Patty comes up with a plan: as Hugh goes back to his native England to promote his book (with his new fiancee in tow), Genie will just pretend that he did propose to her after all. It's full steam ahead to a wedding that may or may not have a groom...
In Gemma Fox’s The Cinderella Moment, Cass meets James Devlin, who seems perfect ... well, apart from being married, that is. When James becomes a missing person, suspected of running off with his fancy woman (i.e. Cass), Cass finds herself caught up in the middle of a huge misunderstanding which involves her being watched by the police and gangsters. How will she ever manage to persuade them that she is innocent of whatever they're suspecting her of? The Cinderella Moment is about what happens when a chance meeting with a gorgeous man changes your life forever.
