The Cinderella Brides
I got confirmation yesterday that The Russian is approved! I don’t have a title or release date yet, but I do know that in the UK it will be part of an anthology called The Cinderella Brides.
It was really the perfect thing for that book. I didn’t set out to do a Cinderella theme at all. And yet shades of it did end up popping up. My heroine was neglected as a child and raised by her brother. She’s made mistakes in her life. Big ones. Ones that she’s still working on healing from. She ends up working for my hero, Aleksei Petrov, who is a world-renowned jewelry designer (and he’s manly. Trust me, he is). She plans all of the glamorous exhibitions for his collections, one of which ends up being in a fairytale castle. π
It’s not a simple fairytale though. Maddy doesn’t believe in love, and Aleksei never wants to take a chance on love again.
It was so much fun to take two people who didn’t want to fall in love, or even into bed, and put them in a situation where they found themselves so drawn to one another that they simply couldn’t fight it. They had both been so deeply hurt that for them, taking a chance on love was very scary for them. They both had totally different pasts, and yet they both knew about the high price of love.
Aleksei was a hero who had my heart. Every time I wrote tricky scenes with him I found myself crying. And I really don’t often do that while I write!! Madeline was a wonderful heroine too. Quirky, funny and driven, but with a dark past that she carried around with her and used it to hold onto the belief that she was somehow less than she was.
This book really stretched me, and forced me to dig deep. And it was worth it!
I’m so thrilled my editor loved them too, and when the book comes out, I hope you all feel the same way. π
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I’ll be the first to congratulate you, Maisey!!! The book sounds stunning-can’t wait to read it. Keep up the fabulous writing! ms
Margie,
Thanks so much! I’m keeping writing…I promise! I have another book to finish by December!
Congrats Maisey! It sounds fabulous and I can’t wait to read it π
Huge congrats Maisey! Can’t wait to read it. I’m still waiting for your number TWO to arrive via Book Depository and I ordered it an age ago. Should have just bought it on my e-reader but I loved the cover so much I wanted it in the flesh!
Thaaaanks, Lacey. π
Rach, the cover is gorgeous. I think they’re the prettiest books. And every time I look at it I get a happy sigh. π
I LOVED the Russian. He was a hot dude and he made me cry. You are so talented it makes my teeth ache. π
Jackie, I might pass the same compliment back at you, dear. π I love your writing. I really do. I consider myself VERY lucky to be one of your guinea pig readers. π And I consider myself lucky you’re one of mine!!
Glad you loved The Russian. You know he made me bawl constantly, and literally. He really did.
sounds fantastic! can’t wait for it!!
Aww…thank you, Kerrin! It’s always so hard to wait!! π