今宵、秘書はシンデレラ

by Amu Taniguchi (Illustrator), バーバラ ウォレス, 谷口亜夢 (Illustrator)

生真面目な秘書エマは、ある日、雇い主の孫息子ギデオンと出会う。ハンサムだが不遜な態度の彼に反発を感じてしまうエマだったが、彼のマンハッタン出張に同行することに！　突然の命令に驚きながらも、プライベートジェットや豪華なホテルのスイートルーム…初めて見る華やかな世界にエマは戸惑った。夢見がちなママを見てきた私は、夢物語に思いを馳せないと決めていたのに。けれど、どんな贅沢より何より、エマの心を揺さぶったのは、ギデオンの熱い眼差しで…!?

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2015

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Reviews

[MasterSal · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story with a mousey secretary and a man who has broken away from his family after learning he was not legitimate, this is less successful as a romance and more as a family drama. I thought the hero's motivations, love and confusion with his place in his adopted family were really well done. So much so that I wish we got to see more of it. The heroine's tortured history (because everyone must have one in these books) was less convincing but still done well. Both the H and the h are decent people which was lovely as a change.

I would have rated this higher except for some off pacing issues. For example, I wish this was just slightly longer as it would have made the reunion a little more satisfying - the way it was done it was over too fast to be savoured fully. Still, the art was nice and it was a pleasant read so this one is recommended.

PS. It turns our Cinderella Bride is a really popular title for romance books. Makes me want to read a couple as a sort of a theme. Anyone want to do this with me?