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    Her Lord Cinder
    Her Lord Cinder
    Her Lord Cinder
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    Her Lord Cinder

    By Alexandra Benedict

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    CASTLES IN THE SKY is a series of bedtime stories based on classic fairy tales; each short tale ranges in heat from sensual to kisses so there is something for every romance lover. A perfect, quick read for a night of pleasant dreams!

    Next up is HER LORD CINDER - a sweet short story based on the fairy tale CINDERELLA - where a young lady is snubbed by Prince Charming at her debut ball and vows to make the scoundrel pay ... but matters of the heart never do run smooth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexandra Benedict
    Release dateMar 9, 2018
    ISBN9781370118649
    Her Lord Cinder
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    Alexandra Benedict

    Alexandra (AK) Benedict is a bestselling, award-winning writer of short stories, novels and scripts. Educated at Cambridge, Sussex and Clown School, Alexandra has been an indie-rock singer, an actor, an RLF Fellow and a composer for film and TV, as well as teaching and running the prestigious MA in Crime Thrillers at City University. She is now a full-time writer and creative coach.   As AK Benedict, she writes acclaimed short stories, high-concept novels and award-winning audio drama for Big Finish, Audible UK, Audible US and BBC Sounds among others. She won the Scribe Award for her Doctor Who radio drama, The Calendar Man, and was shortlisted for the eDunnit Novel Award for The Beauty of Murder and the BBC Audio Drama Podcast Award for Children of the Stones. Her Christmas mysteries, The Christmas Murder Game and Murder on the Christmas Express, were both bestsellers, and The Christmas Murder Game was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Alexandra lives on the south coast of England with writer Guy Adams, their daughter, Verity, and dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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      Her Lord Cinder - Alexandra Benedict

      HER LORD CINDER

      BY ALEXANDRA BENEDICT

      COPYRIGHT

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      HER LORD CINDER

      Copyright © March 2018 Alexandra Benedikt

      Cover Photo Copyright © Marina_Zharinova/Bigstock.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

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      HER LORD CINDER

      London, 1819

      Shifting from one sore foot to the other, Lady Ella wondered: Had she really commissioned hand crafted glass slippers for her debut ball? What had possessed her to do such an irrational, downright foolish thing?

      As inviting music echoed from the ballroom, she cringed at the memory of her imprudence: she’d wanted to be the most admired debutante of the season.

      Well, the glass slippers were sure to draw praise and appreciation. She would get her wish, she supposed with a miserable sigh, but she would suffer, most terribly, for beauty.

      Ella winced, her toes pinched and blistered, as she made her way toward the ballroom entrance. She was the honored guest and the last to arrive, as customary, but her every footfall was shaky, and she was not going to make a commanding impression.

      Her gown was a rich green overlay of shimmering satin with tulle and taffeta underpinnings. She had long, white lace gloves. Slender diamond earrings. And a tiara adorning her abundant, fiery tresses. But she couldn’t walk without faltering like a common drunk!

      Ah, that was it. Wine. Champagne. And plenty of it. The bubbling spirits would dull the ache in her cramped feet, give her stamina to make it through the evening without a

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