Glass-slipper.com

by Rebecca Anderson

When you wish upon a star...

Good Witch, Mirabelle Saintly, and Wishmaker's International are there to help. After all, they've been granting wishes as far back as Cinderella, and are now fully-computerized and with a mission statement to "help every individual attain their wish."

But Wishmakers is in trouble. With the cosmic power shift of the new millennium, Wishmaker's magic is threatened. The Good Witch's magic wands sparkle a little less brightly with each failed "grant." By midnight of the year 2001 Mirabelle must grant the wish of her next assignment, Eileen Pringle, or Wishmakers and all Good Witches will fade forever into fabledom.

The latently beautiful computer nerd, Eileen, has stumbled into the new millennium with all the grace of a wounded goose. Her father has died, her stepmother has kicked her out of her home, and she can't get her boss, Brock Van Buren, to notice her, let alone fall in love with her. She can't seem to tell her left foot from her right...until she stumbles into Mirabelle Saintly's world.

With the help of Mirabelle and her trainee, the flamboyant Gus, Eileen's a sure bet to have her wish for true love granted. Right? Wrong. The wish has to be earned, and the tasks Mirabelle sets for Eileen seem unattainable. Not only that, but a disturbingly handsome fellow employee, Daniel Collins, appears intent on sidetracking her from her goal.

Undercover FBI cyber-agent Daniel Collins's assignment is to find the culprit inside Brock Van Buren's software company who's hacking into government files. He doesn't count on losing his heart to his prime suspect...Eileen Pringle.

Will Mirabelle's race against time to unite the star-crossed lovers end in tragedy? Or will the Cinderellas of the world continue to find a perfect fit in Glass-Slipper.Com?

214 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

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Reviews

[Kylin Larsson · Rating 1 out of 5]

What if fairy godmothers existed? And they needed to upgrade their services? By starting a website to communicate with their clients more efficiently? And, what if you throw in a "fate of the world" scenario, say Y2K is approaching and all the godmothers will go up in a poof of fairy dust if Eileen doesn't get her wish?

I like the idea but the writing didn't live up to the promise of the story.

This is the kind of kooky storyline that I typically adore. Sadly, the author had to go and add an oh-so-cliche love story so trite I longed for the complexity of the Harlequin romances I used to sneak off of my grandmother's shelves when I was twelve. Even worse, the writing itself was uninspired. The author doesn't trust herself and constantly repeats descriptions and explains things that do not need explaining.

All that said, I did finish it. There were some fun supporting characters and I had fun holding a developmental editing session with the author in my imagination.

[Cally · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I thought it was cute and fun, it was very easy to pick the book up and start where I left off. That said it was also very easy to put down and walk away from it. The love triangle did feel old after awhile and there was not enough of Brock to figure out why she felt the way she did, even she didn't know. I could see her having this crush when she was fifteen and too young to know better, but at her age I feel she should have more depth and be a little more self aware.

It was also fairly easy to see through the mystery to who done it and I do wish there was a little more resolved there. But at least we had some closure as to the will.

[Rossana Snee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellently written book. It had great spiritual lessons interwoven throughout. A great take on the Cinderella story. I absolutely loved it and would definitely recommend it!