Kate thinks the whole scheme has disaster written all over it, but Mariana feels the resemblance between the two girls is close enough to fool people. Victoria has been bitten on the lip by one of her little dogs, and Mariana doesn't want her to appear before royalty in her disfigured state. Kate has been informed by Mariana that she must accompany Victoria's fiance, Algernon (Algie) Bennett, Lord Dimsdale, to visit his cousin, the prince. You had no idea what might come back up, but you knew you wouldn't like it. Talking to her stepmother, to Kate's mind, was like peeing in a coal-black outhouse. And quite frankly, it ticks her off! Nothing she says to Mariana about the running of the estate seems to sink in. She spends her days managing the estate, the tenants and most of the time, feeling like a servant instead of the daughter of the house. Kate Daltry lives with her odious stepmother, Mariana and her frivolous, but not-at-all-evil stepsister, Victoria. But it's even better because you get all of the satisfaction and none of the calories. Her readers will gobble it up like a decadent dessert. Eloisa James has taken the familiar Cinderella story and given it fresh new twist. A handsome prince, a nasty stepmother, a fabulous and unique godmother, a one-of-a-kind slipper and a mistreated young lady longing for something better: all of the necessary elements for the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
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