A KISS AT MIDNIGHT

A KISS AT MIDNIGHT is Eloisa James' fabulous re-imagining of the Cinderella story

"Once upon a time, not so very long ago This story begins with a carriage that was never a pumpkin, though it fled at midnight; a godmother who lost track of her charge, though she had no magic wand; and several so-called rats who secretly would have enjoyed wearing livery. And, of course, there's a girl too, though she didn't know how to dance, nor did she want to marry a prince. But it really begins with the rats." Prince Gabriel Augustus Frederick William of Warl-Morburg-Baalsfeld is in need of a wife, so (naturally) he throws a ball, counting on his royal instincts to guide him to marital bliss. And if not that, to small feet, a prerequisite for princesses. He knows just the woman he doesn't want to marry: Miss Katherine Daltry, skinny, poor, and wearing a violet-colored wig. And for herself, Kate has no wish to marry a scowling, arrogant prince, with a rundown castle full of eccentrics. Yet when Kate runs from the ball (and his life) Gabriel realizes that she's taken his heart with her. Unfortunately, a prince needs more than a glass slipper to convince the woman of his heart that he loves her the prince may need to kneel at the feet of the pauper. More on Eloisa James' backlist can be found at http://www.eloisajames.com/.