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Not all magic disappears at midnight.On the home front in 1944, Kate Allen wants to do her part for the war effort. She'd prefer filling in for the window dressers at the department store where she works, but her mother keeps sending her on auditions for roles she never gets.When relatives arrive from war-torn Poland with a mysterious steamer trunk and an even more mysterious story, Kate's aunt, who is suffering from dementia, tries to convince Kate she is in line to be the next keeper of the wardrobe for Cinderella's family-the real Cinderella.If the family secret is true, this might be the most important role Kate has ever auditioned for. Will she get to the truth before the truth is forgotten?CINDERELLA'S DRESS is a fairy tale set in the world of department store modeling and window design, spotlighting the importance of family and tradition in a world of constant change.
A boy destined to become a beast...And a girl determined to save him. Margot's been invited to the medieval town of Chapais, France for a reunion of the town's descendants. She plans to stay with her aunt, who lives above the family bookshop inside the ancient walled city. Little does she know that three fairies have called her there to help a beastly teenage boy break the curse that has plagued his family for generations. Proud and arrogant, the boy pushes everyone away until Margot finds a way to reach him. But when they get close to breaking the curse, the romantic summer turns into a nightmare. Can they set the beast free before it's too late? Beauty's Rose is the latest installment in the Fairy-tale Inheritance Series of historical fairy tales. Set in the 1980s, it is inspired by the 1756 version of Beauty and the Beast by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
Hidden for generations, Sleeping Beauty's cursed spindle resurfaces...In 1894 Vermont, Briar Rose is determined to keep her orphaned siblings together. She's set her sights on marrying an ambitious young man to take them out of the cotton mills and back to the Old Country. Trouble is, he no longer cares for her.Childhood chum Henry Prince would like to step in, but sweet as he is, can't offer her what her family needs.When a peddler gives Briar a spindle made from fairy wood said to have magical properties, she has a chance to keep her family together. Desperate to increase her production at the mill, she sneaks the spindle onto her spinning frame.But Briar has no idea of the power she has unleashed. One by one, the mill girls succumb to a sleeping sickness. To save everyone, Briar must find the strength to break the curse and defeat the evil fairy for good. For in a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger...¿Sleeping Beauty's Spindle is for fans of fairy tale retellings, sweet romance, and women's history.
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