Genre: Erotic Romance/Fairy Tale
Description:
“Ella wants nothing more than to leave her wicked stepmother and
spoiled stepsisters behind. Only, she needs money to get away. When Ella's
stepmother, Lady Kenna, learns Ella has been secretly helping out the
apothecary for a few pence, the evil woman gets her stepdaughter fired, and
takes all of Ella's hard earned money.
Devastated and desperate, Ella decides to try the job a friend told
her about: go to the castle to provide 'companionship' to a visiting noble.
Ash is a prince confined to a castle. The queen is convinced magic
fairies are real and are out to do her son harm. That doesn't stop the young
prince from having companionship delivered. When a beautiful maiden is brought
to him one evening, he's completely intrigued. By her beauty, by her demeanor,
by the fact that she'll only give her name as Cinders.
In this version of Cinderella
retold, Cinders & Ash heat things
up as they search for their happily ever after.”
Author:
Rosetta Bloom is a pen name for a thriller writer whose desire is to
tell great stories filled with romance and passion. She loves adding a sexy
twist of passion to give old tales new life. Her endeavors are, The Princess, the Pea and the Night of
Passion and Beauty and Her Beastly
Love.
To learn more, visit Rosetta Bloom’s website.
Appraisal:
Cinders
& Ash is double the length of Ms. Bloom’s tales so far. The result is a
well told story with well-defined characters and a plot of conspiracy against
the throne. Prince John Ashton learns that prophecies and fairies should not be
taken lightly. He has led a very sheltered life because his mother is a
believer and convinced the prophecy and fairies are real.
Ella is a wise young lady who has only one true friend, Faye. An
orphan whose life had been full of tough breaks, Faye and Ella bonded over
shared miseries and became fast friends. Ella realized she was better off than
Faye, but she knew she could trust her. Ella needs money and fast so she can
run far enough away that her step-mother will not come looking for her. She
decided that being a “companion” to a visiting noble was not too low to sink to
get enough money to start a new life. She didn’t plan to develop feelings for
this noble. She also didn’t realize who this mystery man was. Ella also didn’t
intend to get kidnapped. She didn’t see who sneaked up behind her and put that
foul smelling rag over her nose and mouth.
Ash thought he had the perfect plan to help Cinders out of her dilemma
and get her out of her step-mothers house, until she disappears. Now he is
going to need the luck from fairies, and much more, to rescue Cinders and
figure out what is going on with her kidnappers. Could the Prince possibly be
their real target and why? The conspirator thinks they have it all figured out.
I enjoyed the scenery around the Crystal Pond, I thought this was a
great addition to the story, as well as the story behind it. I also enjoyed the
way Ms. Bloom brought in the pumpkin carriage and mice without using magic!
Very clever and well done.
Buy now
from: Amazon US Amazon UK
FYI:
Cinders
& Ash is book 3 in the Passion-Filled Fairy Tales series. This is an erotic
romance so there are graphic scenes, if that offends you then you should find
another story. Original review ran January 25, 2016
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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