Elaine Fox follows up her sizzling debut Maybe Baby and her latest Man At Work with her third deliciously charming contemporary romance - a twist on the classic Cinderella story which involves the joys of recapturing lost love. Anne Sayer learned long ago that fairy tales don't come true. Connor Emory was the "prince" of a rich and powerful family and she was the "hired help," and for one summer on Maine's Candlewick Island, it was heaven. But evil stepmothers do exist, so Anne's "happily-ever-after" - wasn't. Dashing, charismatic, and successful, Connor returns to the island, never having understood what happened all those years ago, yet sure it was for the best. But Anne knows what she wants. Aided by a houseful of eccentric cohorts, this "Cinderella" intends to win back her prince. Because the glass slipper that would never have fit a decade ago, is the perfect size now...1. ROMANCE RISING STAR: Based on author's debut performance (see below) and in-house enthusiasm, Elaine Fox was selected as the Romance Rising Star for the Summer 2002 list. 2. A STRONG START: Elaine Fox's debut contemporary romance, Maybe Baby, debuted with a very solid printing of 55,000 copies, and was followed up with another winner, Man At Work, which began with an 85,000 copy initial print. 3. A PUBLISHED HISTORICAL ROMANCE WRITER: Before embarking on her contemporary romance career, Elaine Fox was multi-published in the historical romance arena.
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Where Was This Supposed to Go?
30 Jun 2003
By M. Rondeau
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a difficult review to write for a couple of reasons. First by the cover and the back cover description one would think that you were picking up a light contemporary comedy type book. Granted there were a few zany type characters sprinkled throughout the story as the rich heir (Connor) to this magnificent Maine property comes back after an eleven year absence due to having his heart broken irreparably by a young summer housemaid (Anne) now elevated to steward/house curator manager. Connor has returned to sell the property -- and here is where some of the secondary characters come into play as they set out trying to convince the prospective new owner that the property is ready to fall apart and is haunted so that the sale does not go through and their jobs are saved.
Unfortunately, while the plot sounds good, and should have been humorous, it fell rather flat as instead of making me chuckle over the humor my emotions were too caught up in the beastly way our hero Connor was treating Anne - as she decided that - even though it had been eleven years and not a word from him - she was going to set out and seduce him without fessing up as to the real reason she sent him packing all those years ago! BE FOR REAL GIRLFRIEND! This plot just didn't do it for me - I had to re-read the book description again to figure out what this book should have been categorized as. The first half of this book had me so caught up in Anne's pain emotionally that the humor seemed so secondary to be almost non-existent. Connor was just too angry to fall for any of the futile seduction attempts Anne was making. If it were not for the intervention of Connor's wonderfully drawn out Uncle Marcello these two never would have been reunited at all what with Connor's wicked step-mother and Anne's bitter grandmother pulling the strings to keep them apart.
The only reason I did give this book the rating I did was that the writing itself did pull me emotionally, only not in the direction that I feel the author had intended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Light- hearted summer time reading
30 July 2003
By destiny morna
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If the Slipper fits is a good summer book- its a quick, easy, non demanding read. The simple plot features Anne and Connor- two teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the social spectrum. Anne worked for Connor's family in their vacation home- every summer they would meet. Eventually, they fell in love, but they were forced apart.
Years later, they meet again. This time Connor is intent on selling his childhood home and firing all the household staff- including Anne. Anne however, has other plans to keep her beloved home, save her job and win her Prince.
Elaine fox writes likeable characters including the two main ones, plus the Italian uncle, evil stepmother, idiot village suitor, gossipping townspeople etc. She also manages to keep the plot moving so you don't get bored and make the story fun.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
I was embarassed for the characters.
20 Aug 2003
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Have you ever read a book and cringed when something happens to embarass one of the characters? That is the way I felt throughout this book. There wasn't any real chemistry between Anne and Connor and Anne was at times incredibly weak and pathetic in her attempts to get Connor to reestablish a relationship. Connor clearly did not deserve her and Anne was not as strong as the author tried to make us believe. Anne and Connor hardly spent enough time together to learn about how each other had changed and even then, they clearly weren't ready for any kind of committment. There were also several characters the book could have done without and at least 3 subplots that just sort of died without being resolved.
I was not impressed by If the Slipper Fits. I sincerely don't think the slipper fit at all.
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