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The Ugly Stepsister

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Only Anna knows the truth about Cinderella: The pauper turned queen wasn't the victim, but the bully.

Anna fled when the castle guards came to arrest her mother and sister on Cinderella's orders. But leaving them in bondage at the Fairy Godmother's workhouse? Out of the question. Disguised as a young man and taking the name of Ansel, she'll do whatever it takes to free her family and set the record straight.

Will, a former royal huntsman, was nearly killed for dissenting Cinderella's rise as queen in the wake of the sudden death of the king and his son. He hatches a plan to take Cinderella down, and encounters Ansel, who wants revenge just as much as he does.

Drawn together by a common goal and burgeoning feelings neither can ignore, Will and Ansel enact a plan to assassinate the queen. But when that goes awry and buried secrets come to light, they'll have to choose: continue running from their pasts or accept themselves in order to forge a new future together.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 26, 2022
      Van Dyke puts an imaginative spin on “Cinderella” in her second Reimagined Fairy Tales romance (after Second Star to the Left), which takes place after the traditional tale’s happy ever after. Soon after Cinderella’s royal marriage, the ruthless, newly crowned monarch banishes her stepmother and stepsisters, Anna and Charlotte, for falsified crimes against her. And shortly after that, her husband the king is declared dead. Anna is determined to get into the palace to dethrone Cinderella, who, with the help of her fairy godmother, has bewitched the kingdom. While hiding in the forest and posing as a young man named Ansel for her safety, Anna comes across a band of like-minded rebels. Among them is a handsome huntsman who introduces himself as Will—and whose true identity is an even bigger surprise to Anna than hers ends up being to him. Van Dyke keeps readers guessing with a clever, twisty plot that proves stories are always filtered through the point of view of their tellers. The hero and heroine make a swoon-worthy pair, and supporting characters add color, especially rebel Mina and her brothers. This adult fairy tale will captivate fans of fantasy romance.

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