Marrying Prince Cass allows barmaid Briony to join the royal family she’s never known. I hope you enjoy reading Briony and Cass’s love story in A Cinderella for the Prince’s Revenge with Mills & Boon! The jaw-dropping architecture, the pine forests that sweep up the hills and the Alpsee, a deep blue lake surrounded by mountains frequented by swans, all influenced what eventually became the country of Linnaea, home to the feisty princess Briony and her brother, Prince Alaric Van Ambrose, who will be tangling with an unexpected royal baby in the second book, The Prince’s Pregnant Secretary. And while I didn’t have an explicit reference to Cinderella’s fairy godmother, it was fun mentioning the heroine from my last Cabrera Brothers book, A Deal for the Tycoon’s Diamonds, who became an internationally renowned fashion designer and dresses Briony as she enters royal life.įor creating the kingdom of Linnaea, I wanted to move away from the summery locations I had used in my Infamous Cabrera Brothers trilogy, like Spain, southern France and Italy’s Amalfi Coast.Ī lot of my inspiration for Linnaea came from an incredible trip I took with seven family members to Germany in 2018, which included a visit to the aptly nicknamed “Cinderella castle,” Neuschwanstein. Bartender Gus, is based off Gus the mouse, my favorite character from the cartoon. Fairy Godmother Tycoon - Its supply and demand, fairytale style Build your potion empire and climb the ranks in Fairy Godmothers operations on your way. Briony’s stepsisters, Stacy and Ella, are twists on Anastasia and Drizella. His name is a play on Lady Tremaine, the wicked stepmother in the 1950 Disney animated Cinderella. I wanted to give the wicked stepmother trope a break, so I transformed the antagonist into Briony’s stepfather, Trey. I also got a kick out of incorporating Cinderella Easter eggs into the book. I saved so many incredible dresses on Pinterest and clicked through way too many photos of royals over the years, from the Duchess of Cambridge to Grace Kelly. Probably my favorite part of royal life, both in real life and in fiction, is the fashion. It was so much fun to incorporate some of my favorite themes-fairy tales, revenge, an arranged marriage-into their love story. What ended up being my favorite part of writing my first royal romance, though, was the research and little details. Diving into the passion, high emotional stakes and incredible destinations helped me generate ideas for creating the intense romance that develops between Briony and Cass as they fight their simmering attraction and work to balance duty with love. Most importantly, I read other Mills & Boon romances! Reading romances like His Scandalous Christmas Princess by Caitlin Crews, Queen by Royal Appointment by Lucy Monroe and Cinderella’s Desert Baby Bombshell by Lynne Graham was a huge help, too. I revisited multiple variations of the Cinderella tale. I read numerous stories and interviews with current and former royals about what they loved and what they struggled with when it came to royal life. I’d only ever seen the glamorous side of royal romances the beautiful gowns, falling in love with a prince, leaving a life of hardship for one of luxury. It was all a series of accidents and you can’t let meat go to waste. In this book readers get to hear the wolf’s side of the story. I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my first one: a Cinderella-themed love story.Ĭinderella is one of my favorite fairy tales, and has been since I was a child. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka is one of my favorite fractured fairy tales. With royal weddings, babies and all kinds of stories in the news, I decided to tackle my first Mills & Boon Modern royal romance last year. Mills and Boon Modern author Emmy Grayson talks about writing her first royal romance which was inspired by Cinderella! Ce texte fait référence à l'édition paperback. Where are the stories are for people over 20 who have survived marriage, divorce, child-rearing, education, bankruptcy, and widowhood? Charlotte loves Fractured Fairy Tales and writes them for your enjoyment. She has studied the folk stories of many cultures and wonders what happened to ours. In the meantime, Charlotte has fallen prey to steampunk and the gears are turning…corset, bustle and magic, oh my! She brings to any project a number of experiences, including work as a technical writer, gasket inspector, cloth store associate, girl Friday, and telephone psychic. These two authors have had the most influence on her desire to share her point of view with the world and to explore how the world might be made better. When her third-grade teacher allowed her access to the fiction room at the school library, Charlotte discovered Louisa Alcott and Robert Heinlein, an odd marriage of the minds. Charlotte began writing when she could hold a piece of chalk and scribble her name–although she sometimes mistook “Chocolate” for “Charlotte” on the sign at the drug store ice cream counter.
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