A Shoe's Tale

by Trisha M. Wilson

Not your childhood Cinderella.

Louella hates her stepfamily and would gleefully kill them if given the chance. However, having survived her attacks, her stepfamily has chained her up, preventing her from murdering them in their sleep. Louella is a prisoner in her own home and nobody will help her.

At least not until she meets Henry, Prince Ramsey’s cook. The prince needs shoes for the ball and Louella’s stepfamily are shoemakers. The prince also needs Henry to cook meals for him wherever he goes.

Henry and Louella strike up a conversation and slowly a friendship builds. But with Louella in chains and Henry unable to free her, how will their budding friendship, and possible romance, become anything more?

The night of the ball reveals all...are you ready?

This is a short story, 18,200 words long.

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2015

About the author

Trisha M. Wilson lives in Wisconsin. With a degree in History and minors in Math and Business Administration, Ms. Wilson still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. When not regularly contributing on Colbyjack.net, she leads the life of a happy hermit with her three cats and family.

Reviews

[Shruti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing book :)

Louella had to endure a lot of sufferings by the hands of her step father, step sister and step brother. She was considered and treated as a slave in her own home. She meets The Royal cook and he was the first person in years who actually saw her true self and cared for her. They develop feelings for each other. Then when the time comes for the royal ball, her step family leaves her in alone in the house and go for the ball. She finds a magical key and escapes her prison. She decides to go and meet Henry before leaving. She goes to the ball but as her step sister sees her, she has to return back and in the haste she falls the magical key which Henry later finds and gets back to her. He frees her and they get caught at the palace where they explain the prince of the whole situation. Louella gets justice and the Step family is given severe punishment. Soon they get married and live happily.

The part that is worst is that she was always tied like an animal or a real SLAVE! That's so sad and overwhelming. She has been facing all this since past fifteen years. I just don't get it...Why did her mother marry This guy at the first place ? What did she see in him? :\

I really appreciate the authors creativity. I enjoyed reading this book a lot!!

[Cassy · Rating 3 out of 5]

**Copy of book received from author in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fairy tale re-tell that had a different spin on the Cinderella story. I love fairy tale retells. It's always fun to see how an author changes things up. I enjoyed this story. It was short and sweet. I would have liked to have read more, meaning I would have liked the story to really play out and be longer. As a short story, it was still good.

Louella hates her step-family, and she is not shy about showing them her true feelings. After several attempted attacks on them, they have chained her up and taken away anything that could do harm to them or let her escape. Things look pretty bleak until Prince Ramsey shows up to have her family make shoes for his ball. He brings his own personal cook, Henry, with. Henry and Louella form a fast friendship. Soon time is running out. The ball is upon them, and they won't have much time left to spend together. Will Henry be able to rescue Louella from her step-family's clutches? Or will she go on suffering in their grasp?

I liked Louella's character. She is a little spitfire. Short stories are always harder for me to rate. I did enjoy this story. It was cute and fun. The author has potential, and I will be looking for other books by her.

[Danielle Urban · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Shoe's Tale is a modern form of Cinderella. Readers will not only be bale to feel but see the justification in the outrage and hatred that Lou has for her step-family. Her mother having married a horrible man who has awful children that treat her terribly. However, the extreme ways in which Lou goes at her step-family to seek her freedom may place some readers distaste in the leading female character. But Lou's life is a harsh reality that no one would be happy with. Lou's only way to escape would be to murder her step-family. But soon fate turns in her favor. A decent man who turns out to be the prince's cook is a good man. One who balances out Lou's angered self. With his kindness and help, Lou may just finally find her freedom and her step-family may just get their punishment after all. A Shoe's Tale by Trisha M. Wilson, is well-written and a refreshing read. It's unique in that it shows a completely differnet side of the Cinderella tales we know. Overall, I enjoyed reading it and recommend it to readers everywhere.