Fooling Around With Cinderella
What happens when the glass slippers
pinch Cinderella's toes? When Jaine Andersen proposes a new marketing role
to the local amusement park, general manager Dylan Callahan charms her into
filling Cinderella’s glass slippers for the summer. Her reign transforms
Jaine’s ordinary life into chaos that would bewilder a fairy godmother.
Secretly dating her bad boy boss, running wedding errands for her ungrateful
sisters, and defending herself from the park’s resident villain means Jaine
needs lots more than a comfy pair of shoes to restore order in her kingdom.
First in the Storybook Valley series, a blend of sweet romance, chick lit, and
fairy tale fun.
Excerpt:
Dylan scrutinized
Jaine, arms folded across his royal blue shirt with the Storybook Valley logo
stamped over the left in white block letters. “Do you wear contacts?”
“I have plenty of media
contacts. Wait. Did you say wear contacts? You mean instead of these?” Jaine
fingered the earpiece of her gold-rimmed glasses.
“Right. Contact
lenses.”
She gave a nervous
chuckle. “I scheduled a consultation in college, but was too squeamish to
insert the lens. I was more comfortable in glasses.”
Was she really
justifying her vision enhancement choices to her prospective new boss? Maybe he
intended to discuss medical benefits. Or did he think she looked nerdy? What
was the saying? Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses? Not that she wanted him to make a pass even if he was hot.
“How blind are you
without glasses?” Dylan persisted.
“You wouldn’t want to
drive with me.”
“How about if you’re
walking around a building? Are you in danger of hurting yourself?”
This interview had
taken the Mad Hatter Freeway from Fairy Tale Land into Wonderland where nothing
made a damn bit of sense. Did this guy have a glasses fetish, like those
weirdoes with shoe fetishes?
“I should be okay. I
take them off for special occasions.” In fact, Jaine’s older sister Bree, who
was getting married in August, remarked just last week, “You are losing the glasses for my wedding
pictures, right?”
What the hell. She’d be
a good sport and hope Dylan would be so grateful to pick the brain of a real,
flesh and blood, bespectacled person that he would appoint her marketing
director. Jaine removed her glasses and the fine details of her surroundings
fuzzed. She nodded toward the framed print hanging on a side wall, the picture
a wash of symbols and colors. “I can tell that’s a park map, but the words and
images smear together.”
And that was myopia in
a nutshell. Jaine adjusted her glasses back into place so she could see his
reaction. Dylan examined her with such intensity that a blush stained her
cheeks. She patted her French braid, in case stray strands were straggling out.
“Here’s the situation,”
Dylan said. “I took over the general manager position a few months ago. I’m
evaluating possible changes and researching how other theme parks run. My
grandfather and father have worked with a marketing firm for years to create
our brochures, billboards, print, and radio ads.”
Jaine’s shoulders
caved, imperceptible to him, but it felt as if her whole body was sinking.
No fairy tale job
ending for her.
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Stacy
Juba got engaged at Epcot Theme Park and spent part of her honeymoon at
Disneyland Paris, where she ate a burger, went on fast rides, and threw up on
the train ride to the hotel. In addition to working on her Storybook Valley
chick lit/sweet romance series, Stacy has written books about ice hockey, teen
psychics, U.S. flag etiquette for kids, and determined women sleuths. She has
had a novel ranked as #5 in the Nook Store and #30 on the Amazon Kindle Paid
List. When she’s not visiting theme parks with her family, (avoiding rides that
spin and exotic hamburgers), or writing about them, Stacy helps authors to
strengthen their manuscripts through her Crossroads Editing Service. She is
currently writing the next book in the Storybook Valley Series, Prancing Around
With Sleeping Beauty.
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Romantic Idea:
Go to a theme park and try these romantic ideas:
- Get to a show early and relax in the back of the air-conditioned theater.
- Kiss for the ride pictures.
- Enjoy a picnic lunch.
- Go to the park’s nicest restaurant for dinner.
- Have your significant other play games to win you a prize.
3 comments:
Thanks so much for hosting me, Tina, and for organizing the Romantic Idea event!
This sounds great, and love your ideas for a romantic date! Best of luck, Stacy!
Thanks, Jacquie!!
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