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A Cinderella Tale
Can her dreams come true with the help of some unlikely fairy godpeople?
Katie Dillon doesn't believe in dreams and fairy tales. She has a plan for her life, which doesn't include falling for charmer Fin Dunbar--again. But while caring for her niece, Katie realizes Fin and her dreams might be just what she needs. When family secrets, old arguments, and new feelings cause Katie and Fin to clash, they have to decide whether their love is make-believe or certain sure.
Contains mild adult content
Can her dreams come true with the help of some unlikely fairy godpeople?
Katie Dillon doesn't believe in dreams and fairy tales. She has a plan for her life, which doesn't include falling for charmer Fin Dunbar--again. But while caring for her niece, Katie realizes Fin and her dreams might be just what she needs. When family secrets, old arguments, and new feelings cause Katie and Fin to clash, they have to decide whether their love is make-believe or certain sure.
Contains mild adult content
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First published December 1, 2011
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Reina M. Williams
39 books105 followersReina M. Williams has been reading happily ever afters since age two. When she's not writing cozy books, working, or spending time with family, you're most likely to find her watching a romance, walking in a park or library, baking, or reading with a cup of tea nearby. Born and raised in California, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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September 9, 2012
This book caught all my attention with the whole Cinderella/Irish twist thing. The beginning was very good and explicative of the whole situation. In the half of the story it got messier and the family troubles (and between families) got heavier and messier. By the end I was like "OMG I would have to make a chart to understand better this"; it was so twisted with the family problems and all, but mostly the main characters were doubting the 3/4 parts of the book. Sometimes I felt a bit annoyed at the situation.
It's not a bad book, but I think I could've been better I mean the thematic was great, but I don't know... it missed a lot...
It's not a bad book, but I think I could've been better I mean the thematic was great, but I don't know... it missed a lot...
March 5, 2012
This book was decent, but I really disliked how a good majority of the characters just cant make up their minds about anything for 3/4th of the book. It made is kind of unbelievable in my mind. I did enjoy the family secrecy/drama because all that is entirely reminiscent of reality. I loved the "fairy godmother". The whole blow up after the "sex scene" made almost no sense to me. It was a misinterpretation in my mind, and started the whole, "Maybe yes/maybe no/I don't know" thing for everyone. It was frustrating to me, i guess thats how i am. . All and I it was a refreshing and non-typical read that I enjoyed once I decided not to take it too seriously, and the ending was cute. Although its a decent book, it really wasn't my cup of tea, nor a genre I generally delve into.
July 28, 2012
I got this book for free on Kindle. I liked the description of the story or maybe it was the cover.
While I enjoyed the story overall, I felt like I was missing something. Like I was only getting fed half of the story. Maybe these characters are in another novel by the same author? Ihaven't checked yet, but that's what it felt like, like I should have known some stuff already.
The plot twists and secrets were interesting and really made the story good in my opinion.
Overall I gave it 3 stars only because it kept me interested, even though I felt a little left out most of the time.
While I enjoyed the story overall, I felt like I was missing something. Like I was only getting fed half of the story. Maybe these characters are in another novel by the same author? Ihaven't checked yet, but that's what it felt like, like I should have known some stuff already.
The plot twists and secrets were interesting and really made the story good in my opinion.
Overall I gave it 3 stars only because it kept me interested, even though I felt a little left out most of the time.
March 4, 2012
This is a cute contemporary HEA romance. The reason I rated this so low is because there was some sex and language that I wasn't expecting because Williams' other book was clean. (She has updated her book descriptions with a content advisory since I read the book). Also, I'm learning that I'm not really a fan of contemporary romance. I like historical stuff because it's more escapist for me.
I really like Williams' writing style and I'm excited to read her next Regency book.
I really like Williams' writing style and I'm excited to read her next Regency book.
April 24, 2015
I really liked this book by Reina M. Williams. It was slow in some parts that is why I rated it a four. But, I really wanted to see if Katie and Fin were actually going to have a relationship. The whole book had lots of twist and turns.
May 17, 2012
A cute re-telling.
October 30, 2019
My Review
Confusing story. No one knows anything but they all have secrets to keep. Love is just a story everyone tells but no one is talking.
Confusing story. No one knows anything but they all have secrets to keep. Love is just a story everyone tells but no one is talking.
December 3, 2012
Goodreads Description- A modern Cinderella story with an Irish twist
Can her dreams come true with the help of some unlikely fairy godpeople?
Katie Dillon doesn't believe in dreams and fairy tales. She has a plan for her life, which doesn't include falling for charmer Fin Dunbar--again. But while caring for her niece, Katie realizes Fin and her dreams might be just what she needs. When family secrets, old arguments, and new feelings cause Katie and Fin to clash, they have to decide whether their love is make-believe or certain sure.
This book was ok for me. For some reason I had a difficult time following what was going on because there were so many characters and the author used many pronouns and I wasn't sure at times who she was referring too. I really didn't like how Katie's dad treated her at all. There was no point in this book that I liked in any way. He treated her with complete disrespect and called her "girl". If that were my father, I would not put up with his behavior. I did like the secrecy behind the family but so much of it was hard to believe. For example when a certain man just upped and left his family for the woman he had been pining for for 20 years. This man had a health emergency and all of the sudden his wife said "Oh darling, I should have given you a divorce years ago!" And then he went home, packed his things, and left....and everyone was ok with that!! No way would a wife in "real-life" be ok with what he did to her.
Actually as I am writing this and thinking about the characters, they were all annoying in their own little ways. I realize that there has to be some sense of realizing that ok this is fiction...it isn't real but come on...these people were just plain horrid to each other and were all absolutely miserable. And this was supposed to be a romance love story.
The writing was pretty loose and, like I said, hard to follow at times. However, now after thinkig about it, I was going to go with 3 stars but I think I am going to bump it down to 2 stars because in reality the characters were jerks and had no idea what they really wanted, and when they did, they certainly went about it in the wrong way by treating each other with disrespect and plain old meanness. I am glad this was a freebie. 2 stars.
Can her dreams come true with the help of some unlikely fairy godpeople?
Katie Dillon doesn't believe in dreams and fairy tales. She has a plan for her life, which doesn't include falling for charmer Fin Dunbar--again. But while caring for her niece, Katie realizes Fin and her dreams might be just what she needs. When family secrets, old arguments, and new feelings cause Katie and Fin to clash, they have to decide whether their love is make-believe or certain sure.
This book was ok for me. For some reason I had a difficult time following what was going on because there were so many characters and the author used many pronouns and I wasn't sure at times who she was referring too. I really didn't like how Katie's dad treated her at all. There was no point in this book that I liked in any way. He treated her with complete disrespect and called her "girl". If that were my father, I would not put up with his behavior. I did like the secrecy behind the family but so much of it was hard to believe. For example when a certain man just upped and left his family for the woman he had been pining for for 20 years. This man had a health emergency and all of the sudden his wife said "Oh darling, I should have given you a divorce years ago!" And then he went home, packed his things, and left....and everyone was ok with that!! No way would a wife in "real-life" be ok with what he did to her.
Actually as I am writing this and thinking about the characters, they were all annoying in their own little ways. I realize that there has to be some sense of realizing that ok this is fiction...it isn't real but come on...these people were just plain horrid to each other and were all absolutely miserable. And this was supposed to be a romance love story.
The writing was pretty loose and, like I said, hard to follow at times. However, now after thinkig about it, I was going to go with 3 stars but I think I am going to bump it down to 2 stars because in reality the characters were jerks and had no idea what they really wanted, and when they did, they certainly went about it in the wrong way by treating each other with disrespect and plain old meanness. I am glad this was a freebie. 2 stars.
July 16, 2015
I got this book when I was looking for Cinderella themed stories. My hopes were up with Certain Sure, however, as I perused the pages, I couldn't connect with the characters. Katie wasn't being taken seriously by her own father. Fin was considered the bad guy in the family; his brother Fergus was married to a bitter wife, Maureen who was Katie's sister. And then there's their aunt who was in-love with Fin's father but married to another. I thought it was melodramatic ala soap opera kind of story.
I was a bit confused to find a family of messed up merry-go-rounders. Her father married another woman he was not in-love with, her prince charming was a ladies man, and their families were tangled up in a web of sordid love affairs.
The ending was a little twisted but entertaining. That's one of the major reasons why I liked it because it sounded more about Rose's life. In the end, I realized, Rose was a character worth reading.
I was a bit confused to find a family of messed up merry-go-rounders. Her father married another woman he was not in-love with, her prince charming was a ladies man, and their families were tangled up in a web of sordid love affairs.
The ending was a little twisted but entertaining. That's one of the major reasons why I liked it because it sounded more about Rose's life. In the end, I realized, Rose was a character worth reading.
July 16, 2012
This had some good parts and sometimes I didn't want to put it down. The reason I rated it as ok is because the family situation was a little messed up and I didn't like that. A lot of the story centered around the messed up aspects of the family so it was realy weird to read sometimes.
October 16, 2012
I'm going this 2 stars because I think the concept is interesting but the execution was lacking. I got confused with all the characters frequently and some parts lacked reality. For a free kindle read it wasn't horrible...I finished it.
September 3, 2016
It was a decent read, however I didn't get a "Cinderella" you're story out of it. I also felt the end was abrupt and rushed.
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