Today we welcome Stacy Juba back to our blog with her title, Fooling Around With Cinderella, Storybook Valley #1.
What happens when the
glass slippers pinch Cinderella's toes?
When Jaine Andersen proposes a new
marketing role to the local amusement park, general manager Dylan Callahan
charms her into filling Cinderella’s glass slippers for the summer. Her reign
transforms Jaine’s ordinary life into chaos that would bewilder a fairy
godmother. Secretly dating her bad boy boss, running wedding errands for her
ungrateful sisters, and defending herself from the park’s resident villain
means Jaine needs lots more than a comfy pair of shoes to restore order in her
kingdom. First in the Storybook Valley series, a blend of sweet romance, chick
lit, and fairy tale fun.
Excerpt:
Dylan scrutinized Jaine, arms
folded across his royal blue shirt with the Storybook Valley logo stamped over
the left in white block letters. “Do you wear contacts?”
“I have plenty of media contacts.
Wait. Did you say wear contacts? You mean instead of these?” Jaine fingered the
earpiece of her gold-rimmed glasses.
“Right. Contact lenses.”
She gave a nervous chuckle. “I
scheduled a consultation in college, but was too squeamish to insert the lens.
I was more comfortable in glasses.”
Was she really justifying her
vision enhancement choices to her prospective new boss? Maybe he intended to
discuss medical benefits. Or did he think she looked nerdy? What was the
saying? Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses? Not that she wanted him to make a pass even if he was hot.
“How blind are you without
glasses?” Dylan persisted.
“You wouldn’t want to drive with
me.”
“How about if you’re walking around
a building? Are you in danger of hurting yourself?”
This interview had taken the Mad
Hatter Freeway from Fairy Tale Land into Wonderland where nothing made a damn
bit of sense. Did this guy have a glasses fetish, like those weirdoes with shoe
fetishes?
“I should be okay. I take them off
for special occasions.” In fact, Jaine’s older sister Bree, who was getting
married in August, remarked just last week, “You are losing the glasses for my
wedding pictures, right?”
What the hell. She’d be a good
sport and hope Dylan would be so grateful to pick the brain of a real, flesh
and blood, bespectacled person that he would appoint her marketing director.
Jaine removed her glasses and the fine details of her surroundings fuzzed. She
nodded toward the framed print hanging on a side wall, the picture a wash of
symbols and colors. “I can tell that’s a park map, but the words and images
smear together.”
And that was myopia in a nutshell.
Jaine adjusted her glasses back into place so she could see his reaction. Dylan
examined her with such intensity that a blush stained her cheeks. She patted
her blonde French braid, in case stray strands were straggling out.
“Here’s the situation,” Dylan said.
“I took over the general manager position a few months ago. I’m evaluating
possible changes and researching how other theme parks run. My grandfather and
father have worked with a marketing firm for years to create our brochures,
billboards, print, and radio ads.”
Jaine’s shoulders caved,
imperceptible to him, but it felt as if her whole body was sinking.
No fairy tale job ending for her.
Sounds like a fun, romantic story! Fooling Around With Cinderella, Storybook Valley #1 can be purchased at Amazon for Kindle and in Paperback, at B&N (Nook); Google Play, Kobo, iBookstore and Smashwords.
Stacy Juba got engaged at Epcot Theme Park and spent part of
her honeymoon at Disneyland Paris, where she ate a burger, went on fast rides,
and threw up on the train ride to the hotel. In addition to working on her new
Storybook Valley chick lit/sweet romance series, Stacy has written books about
ice hockey, teen psychics, U.S. flag etiquette for kids, and determined women
sleuths.
She has had a novel ranked as #5 in the Nook Store and #30 on the
Amazon Kindle Paid List. Stacy is also the founder of the Glass Slipper
Sisters, a group of authors with Cinderella-themed romance novels. When she’s
not visiting theme parks with her family, (avoiding rides that spin and exotic
hamburgers) or writing about them, Stacy helps authors to strengthen their
manuscripts through her Crossroads Editing Service. She is currently writing
the next book in the Storybook Valley Series, Prancing Around With Sleeping
Beauty.
Well Friends, hope you enjoyed today's Spotlight! Stay tuned weekly for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and of course Saturday Spotlight.
Until later...take care, God bless and remember....when the shopping gets tough, the shoppers go to a coffee shop (a little holiday humor I hope LOL!)
Have a great day!
PamT
11 comments:
Thanks so much for featuring me and Cinderella, Pam! Happy Holidays!
This sounds like a fun romance novel! Congrats.
I love the title and cover! Wishing you much success. I enjoyed the excerpt.
What a great excerpt...sounds like an adorable story! The cover and title are awesome. :)
Excerpt sounds playful and fun--leading to great romantic conflict. Best wishes!
I love the Cinderella theme. As women, we can all relate to the story. Very creative and fun to write I should imagine. Cheers
Thank you for coming by and for reading, everyone! My husband did the cover so he will be happy that it got compliments. It really was a super fun book to write, and I'm having fun writing the second one also, Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty.
How fun, congratulations Stacy! The title of the second one sounds great too. As an aside, I also went to Disneyland Paris and had a burger there. Didn't throw up on the train though. :-)
That's funny, Mila! The burger had a weird sauce on it so I think that's what it was. I was so panicked the next day when I still felt sick, worried I'd have to go to a French hospital, but then it passed by lunchtime!
Love the concept! And this line: "This interview had taken the Mad Hatter Freeway from Fairy Tale Land into Wonderland..." That's great! Plus it sounds like you've lived the theme park research. Best wishes for FOOLING AROUND WITH CINDERELLA!
Thanks so much, M.J.! I remember being in the "writing zone" when I wrote that line. It made me chuckle. Yes, did a lot of theme park and princess research - definitely my most fun book to research!
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