🔖 REVIEW 🔖 Prince Charming by K. Webster

 Prince Charming by K. Webster

Release Date: January 26th 2021 by Dangerous Press

Series: Cinderella #2

Pages: 248

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Dark, Retellings

Winston Constantine is no prince charming...

I crave him so badly I think I might be losing my mind. He's right in front of me, but he’s just as remote as my dreams of getting away from my stepbrothers. I keep playing his twisted games, and I want to stay just as distant as he is. But I can’t. I never could. I’ve fallen for him. Hopelessly. Irrevocably.

But Winston isn’t a lover, he’s a business venture.
A way for me to pay for college.
A ticket out.

He’s never pretended to be anything other than that.
I can’t blame him for making me fall in love.

There can be no happily ever after between a maid and a prince, no matter what the stories say.

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My Review:

Prince Charming is the second book in the Cinderella Trilogy that’s emotional, full of shocking secrets and a steamy page-turner to keep you wanting for more.

After finding out that the Morellis are threatening to destroy Winston’s reputation as well as hers, Ash is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the man she is growing to love even if it means going behind his back to do so.

Rumor has it that the Morellis had something to do with the death of Winton’s father. Ever since then, Winston has been wanting to make them pay for what they did. When he finds out how horrible Ash’s brothers have been to her, his attention turns to them and won’t stop until she is safe again. Yet, no matter how many times he keeps telling Ash that they can never have a relationship, she is slowly warming up to his heart. She is different from any other woman he’s even been with and he truly enjoys being with her. But just when he’s starting to let his guard down that Winston finds out what Ash has been keeping from him. A secret that can end what they have before they can actually have a real chance at a relationship.

I absolutely loved reading Prince Charming! The characters are growing closer than ever and we get to see tender moments between them that had me swooning and rooting for them. It’s definitely a lot more emotional as they go through their ups and downs. There are a lot more references to the original Cinderella story which I loved, Webster has done a great job making them her own while keeping it dark and twisted. A lot more secrets come out and it’s up the characters to lean on each other in order to potentially have a future together. The interactions with Winston’s siblings and how he interacts with them had me laughing at their banter. They truly care for one another and will do anything to protect those in their circle, which includes Ash. She always wished to have the same type of relationship with her stepbrothers, but she didn’t so it makes her feel included when she is with the rest of the Constantine family. Yet, not everyone feels that way about her and that alone is an issue that she needs to solve before it’s too late. I cannot wait to see what happens next, it’s going to be epic! :)

**I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.**

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Stroke of Midnight (Cinderella #1)

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🔖 REVIEW 🔖 Stroke of Midnight by K. Webster

Stroke of Midnight by K. Webster 

Release Date: October 27th 2020 by Dangerous Press

Series: Cinderella #1

Pages: 326

Genres: Romance, Dark, Contemporary, Retellings

A Cinderella Novel

Money can buy anything. And anyone. As the head of the Constantine family, I’m used to people bowing to my will. Cruel, rigid, unyielding—I’m all those things. When I discover the one woman who doesn’t wither under my gaze, but instead smiles right back at me, I’m intrigued.

Ash Elliott needs cash, and I make her trade in crudeness and degradation for it. I crave her tears, her moans. I pay for each one. And every time, she comes back for more. When she challenges me with an offer of her own, I have to decide if I’m willing to give her far more than cold hard cash.

But love can have deadly consequences when it comes from a Constantine. At the stroke of midnight, that choice may be lost for both of us.

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K. Webster delivers an explosive age-gap fairly tale retelling in Stroke of Midnight, that’s dark, steamy and twisted. An original and addicting start to the Cinderella Trilogy.

The Constantine name holds a lot of power in New York, it rivals old money as its fortune has no bounds. As the head of the family, Winston Constantine grew his family business into an empire and now his Fortune 500 company is one of the world’s most prestigious acquisition firms. He is ruthless and always maintains a work over play rule that has paid off immensely. With power comes great responsibility and he demands order, cleanliness and has rules at work. So when he finds a candy wrapper stuck to his shoes as he walks into his office, he demands to know who let an unqualified person into his office to disturb his space. It’s when Winston goes over the video footage of his office that he sees the young offender and is set on making her pay.

Seeing Ash Elliott in person has him think of a better idea, she is gorgeous and in need of money, so he makes her trade in crudeness and degradation for it. She laughs at his proposal, finds it weird and the fact that he is older than her makes her think of twice of his intentions. Yet, she is intrigued and there is a pull between them that she can’t deny, giving in to his offer. Neither of them expected to have great chemistry, she challenges him at every turn and she is a breath of fresh air to him. It’s the more time they spend together that Winston grows protective of her and realizes that he is willing to spend every dime of his fortune to keep her safe and his. Winston may think of himself as a villain, but this prince charming just met his match.

Ash Ember Elliott never expected to be working for FGM Services, cleaning high-end buildings in the city. Having just turned eighteen, she thought that she would be able to go to Columbia right after high school, but upon discovering that her dad took her college savings, her stepmother was able to secure a job for her. But Ash doesn’t want to clean, she wants to sit behind a desk and crunch numbers. It is her dream to become an economic analyst just like her dad, but her life changed after the death of her mother at a young age. Ash now lives with her new stepmother and her triplet stepbrothers that torment her every chance they get.

It was just another day at work when she is surprised to see the CEO of Halcyon, Winston Constantine. He is incredibly good looking and older than her. It’s when he makes her an offer to pay her for every humiliating act he can think of, that Ash is ready to give him a piece of her mind. But the money that he is offering will set her free and she accepts. As the two start to spend more time together, Ash realizes that behind Winston’s ruthless persona is a man that has been hurt in the past and willing to protect her at any cost. So when Winston’s reputation is on the line, it’s time for the princess to save the villain.

This story was surprisingly not what I was expecting it to be about, it was so much more. It’s a dark retelling of Cinderella and it couldn’t have been more perfect. The characters have been through a lot, so when they come together they are able to understand each other very well. Winston is not your typical prince charming, he describes himself as a villain, but it’s his protectiveness over Ash that has him protecting her every chance he gets. Ash doesn’t back down, she is fierce and challenges Winston as well. A lot happens in the book to keep you at the edge of your seat. The cliffhanger at the end is going to keep you wanting to read the next book right away. I would highly recommend checking out the book, it’s a great start to the trilogy, a definite must-read! :)

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🌟 RELEASE BLITZ 🌟 Not Pretending Anymore by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland

Not Pretending Anymore by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland

Release Date: April 12th 2021 by C. Scott Publishing Corp.

Pages: 300

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I was starting to lose hope.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.

Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.

I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate.

Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.

While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.

Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.

You could say he was persistent.

I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.

Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.

After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.

Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.

I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.

Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.

But there was one problem.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.

Those feelings we were trying to fake?

Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore. 

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PENELOPE WARD

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

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VI KEELAND

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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