GRR Reviews Cinderella and the Major by Cynthia VanRooy

Cinderella and the Major is about self-discovery, from ugly duckling to beautiful princess, but there was also a character arc for the male as well. But basically, it's about discovering one's worth.

Harmony McMahon had always been a geek and needed a date for her 10-year high school reunion. She's successful and well to do, but her love life is still non-existent. So when the charity auction she always attends offered up a date with a gorgeous Marine Major Conner Talbot, with a visit to the Blue Angels, and he's even the brother of her best friend, Harmony now has an action plan... She will donate a tidy sum for the dinner, and ask Major Talbot... Conner... to also appear at the reunion as her date, so she can "stick it" to the people who tormented her throughout her high school years. Conner is torn. He had been burned before by a woman who loved his uniform, but not him, and while this seems to be more of the same, he can't turn her down as she's also his sister's best friend. But Harmony transformed into a truly gorgeous girl once she let go of her insecurities, and Conner, who was about to be medically invalidated out of the service due to his damaged leg after a sniper attack, is about to lose his uniform. What does he have to offer to a woman who only needed his uniform?

The story is nice and sweet, and the military details are light enough to not have any fact-abuse. Rather enjoyed the story.

Category: Contemporary / military

Primary Plot: Geeky woman needing a date for her 10 year school reunion bid on a major about to be medically invalidated...

Tropes: reunion, fling to a thing, auction, ugly duckling

Overall Rating: 4/5