Bookshop Cinderella
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Laura Lee Guhrke
Fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance featuring a dashing duke, a shy bookshop owner, and a wager that will change their lives forever. Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an unmarried woman with no prospects could hope for. Until Maximillian Shaw, Duke of Westbourne, saunters into her shop with a proposition: to win a bet with his friends, he'll turn her into the diamond of the season. The duke might be devilishly attractive, but Evie has no intention of accepting his ludicrous offer. When disaster strikes her shop, however, she's left with little choice but to let herself be whisked into his high-society world. Always happy to help a lady in distress, Max thinks he's saving Evie from her dull spinster's life. He'll help her find a husband and congratulate himself on a job well done. But as shy Evie becomes the shining star he always knew she could be, she somehow steals his heart. And when her reputation is threatened, can Max convince her to choose a glittering, aristocratic life with him over the cozy comfort of her bookshop?
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Author
Laura Lee Guhrke
Pages
336
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published Date
2023
ISBN
1538722623 9781538722626
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"Seems like more of a Pygmalion retelling, but I can understand that Cinderella is more recognizable. I loved this book! As someone who is still very new to the romance genre (outside of fanfics that is ;) I really enjoyed the dual perspectives and relatively slower pace. Not super spicy, but certainly hot enough to warm me up when that January freeze had this Texan holed up in her apartment for a few days!"
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Macy Metcalf
"This was a nice take on a Cinderella story. Evie, the fmc, runs a bookshop that takes up all her time and resources. She is known as a wallflower to people and also thinks that of herself. She meets duke max(m) who has made a bet to transform Evie from a wallflower to the talk of the ton. At first, Evie refuses, but when she has to close down her bookshop for some time agrees to partner with Max. <br/><br/>First of all, the heroine was so relatable in what she was going through. I liked both characters a lot, their banter and how opposite they were really did it for me. I loved that the duke didn't hide the bet but actually communicated with Evie, so they were both able to benefit from it. The plot was really cute, it did give Cinderella ish vibes. The romance is a slow burn, there is tension and chemistry between the main characters. This has low spice, there were two open-door scenes and some slow parts in the romance. Overall this was a good and interesting book. I really liked the plot, characters, and romance. <br/><br/>Read if you like: <br/>- Opposites attract<br/>- Class difference<br/>- Cinderella retelling <br/><br/>Thank you, Forever Publishing, for this arc for an honest review."
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