Cinderella Unmasked

    by Bonnie Dee, Marie Treanor

    Samhain Publishing

    August 18, 2009

    ISBN-13: 9781605046495

    Available in: e-Book

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    Cinderella Unmasked
    by Bonnie Dee, Marie Treanor

    Three balls. Three sexual adventures. One true love.

    In the years since her husband King Charming boarded a pirate ship to "find himself," Queen Ella has ruled alone. Romantic love? It's a girlish emotion. These days, her only confidant is her steward, Sebastian.

    Five years is a long time to forego sexual pleasures. She's the queen, after all..shouldn't she be allowed a few indulgences? A masquerade is just the ticket to find fulfillment Charming never gave her. With Sebastian's encouragement—and a little help from a fairy godmother—Ella prepares to make some magic.

    The first masked stranger she dallies with gives her a taste of what she's been craving. And it's just not enough. A second ball follows. A third. Each one—and each anonymous man—sends her to new heights of sexual pleasure. And reawakens the notion that maybe, just maybe, love does not always lead to pain.

    Her indiscretions have not gone unnoticed. As her stepfamily makes a move to take over the throne, Ella has nowhere to turn, no one to trust...except the men behind the masks...



    Bonnie Dee's Bio

    I began telling stories as a child. Whenever there was a sleepover, I was the designated ghost tale teller. I still have a story printed on yellow legal paper in second grade about a ghost, a witch and a talking cat.

    Writing childish stories for my own pleasure led to majoring in English at college. Like most English majors, I dreamed of writing a novel, but at that time in my life didn't have the necessary focus and follow through. Then life happened. A husband and children occupied the next twenty years. It was only in 2000 that I began writing again. Fanfiction helped me reawaken that creative facet of my life. Having an already created world and characters to play with, makes it easy for a writer to work at the other aspects of the craft.

    I was content with my fanfic writing for a couple of years before deciding it was time to create my own worlds. My friend, Lauren Baker and I wrote Finding Home, and then I worked on getting an agent or publisher. Meanwhile, I kept writing short stories, articles, and novellas. Since discovering the world of e-publishing and getting my start at Liquid Silver Books, I never stopped writing. I now have the confidence to say, "I am a writer," and the published works to prove it.