Ella was named in the will to inherit the resort but only if her stepmother Dolores agrees. So Dolores was doing everything in her power, including making her work grueling hours with minimal pay and make everything her fault (including lack of maintenance) and dirty jobs (like scrubbing horses) to make sure Ella would never outshine her little stepsister Alison. But karma has a way when Jace Connors ran into the horse barn intending to hide from the crazy bachelorettes intending to "help" him out of his clothes. Ella mistook Jace for the groom (Jace is actually groom's older brother) and refused to kiss him despite obvious attraction between the two. Dolores got mad when Ella offered up her mother's wedding dress when the bride's wedding dress was destroyed in transit, which leads to Ella (instead of Alison) appointed as the bride liaison...
Dolores will get her comeuppance. The romance with Jace was filled with twisted events from the classic Cinderella tales, such as the big ballroom dance, and obviously have Alison, the step-sister, trying to seduce Jace. But this is NOT the classic tale, nor the original tale. Jace will doubt, and evil step-mother will ALMOST succeed in breaking them apart... but there will be HEA at the end. It was fun looking for the parallels and smile when the expectations are broken by twists upon a familiar theme.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Cinderella Story Recast as Contemporary Romance, Completely With Step-Mother, Step sister, and a Big Ballroom Dance
Tropes: fairy tale, evil parents, sibling problems, triangle, resort, different worlds
Overall Rating: 4/5
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