Wednesday, April 8, 2020

#MFRWHooks - "Cinderella's Enchanted Night"


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Book 4 in The Cinderella Body Club series
Heat Rating - Sensual - 2 Flames 
Contemporary Romance with a Magical Twist 

Blurb 


Annalise Gallagher wanted Elijah Burleigh. Plain and simple. She’d watched him from afar for months, her friends called her ‘his own personal stalker’, and then she made a wish on a magic pendant for a full-body makeover. Transformed into the gorgeous knockout she always wanted to be, she asked Elijah out on a date and wore a haute couture gown straight from Paris to his friend’s wedding.
With just twenty-four hours on the clock, her enchanted night faded into the morning hours and everything crashed down around her. Annalise harbored a shameful secret and Elijah demanded the truth with the veil of magic gone.
The truth, however, could destroy her fragile confidence and push him away forever.

Excerpt


“I’m so happy you came by today.” Elijah’s hot breath teased the sensitive hollow of her throat. His lips trailed across her shoulder blade, down her bare arm, and Annalise almost melted. Then he firmly grasped her waist with his palms and stared deep into her eyes. “I promised myself I would ask you out the next time you came in. If I’d known you worked across the street, I would’ve made time and stopped by to see you.”
“I should’ve put my insecurities aside months ago and just asked you.” Annalise felt vulnerable under his keen gaze. “I don’t ever wear haute couture clothes—this is the first time in my life that I’ve ever worn a dress like this—and I don’t want you to get the wrong idea. I’m not sexy. I’m not a little badass who wears safety pins and skulls on her clothes all the time. I’m just…Plain.”
He cupped her cheek in his palm. “I disagree. I remember the first time I saw you. My nerves were through the roof, I hated using cue cards for my first tour since I hadn’t memorized the information or studied the artwork on my own yet, and there you were at the back of my group. A blue scarf covered your curly hair—it rained that day and I could tell you were self-conscious about your hair because you kept patting it—and a white and blue striped dress hugged your body. You also wore a bulky denim jacket over it.”
“I bought the dress on a whim but I didn’t wear it until my friends dared me to. I felt uncomfortable in it, hence the jacket, so I later donated the dress to a thrift store.”
He sighed. “That’s too bad. Memories of you in that dress keep me awake at night.”

18 comments:

  1. She made an impression if he remembers what she wore.
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  2. There's an entire lecture waiting to comment on a woman's beauty as equivalent to her worth--and too many women like the heroine, it seems, buy into it.

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    1. So true. Real beauty is on the inside. My heroine does learn that, but so many women don't.

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  3. Hopefully she'll come to grips with her femininity

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    1. She does. She just needed a little push in the right direction.

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  4. Well, she definitely made and impression but she needs to learn self worth. I wonder if she does. Enjoyed your post. Thanks for sharing. Good luck!

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    1. Of course she does! :) Insecurities often get in the way, but we gotta rise above it.

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  5. Oooh, I'm a sucker for make-over stories, even better if magic is involved!

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  6. Good snippet, Amber. I always love a Cinderella story.

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    1. Thanks. Cinderella is one of my favorite fairy tales.

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  7. She feels uncomfortable wearing a dress? In her own way, she seems as offbeat as the pins and skulls girls.

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    1. Yeah, Annalise is a bit kooky, but totally lovable.

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  8. I think he has the right idea, and I think her insecurities are what many women feel. I can't wait to see the part where she realizes she's the same no matter what she looks like or wears. (He's surely telling her that, but also saying when she wears the outfit, it's worth the view. Fun!)

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    1. Thank you so much, Barb! I completely agree. Most women are insecure over something about themselves--I certainly am--and we don't need a man's reassurance. But compliments are nice!

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