This was a random find in a hospital bookstore. It is a captivating read that is hard to put down. Both stories are wonderfully written with characters who are witty, funny, and real.

Of the two stories, my favorite is Cindy and the prince. This was like a modern day fairy tale.

It combined the fairy-tale elements with modern situations. The very best part is at the end. It made me hope that someday I can get a man who loves me like that. ( )

Contains retellings of two classic fairy tales.

Cindy And The Prince

A modern day Cinderella tale that takes place in New York City. Cindy Territo is a janitor that cleans offices after hours. Thorndike Prince is a handsome and successful high ranking executive. Cindy has been cleaning his office and has made her own assumptions of who he is. She is shocked, after being shown a photo of him in the paper, to find that he is young and quite handsome. However he does have a photo of a beautiful woman in his office. At a co-workers dare Cindy uses a thrown away invite to crash the company's Christmas ball to meet Thorndike. Cindy takes on the identity of Cinderella for the evening. She dances with her Prince Charming and in true Cinderella fashion disappears at midnight leaving Thorndike to wonder her true identity. Cindy knows that they come from two different worlds, he has another woman in his life and can never share more than their one enchanted evening. Thorndike is enthralled with Cindy and is determined to find out who she is. All he knows about her is she claims to work for his company and left behind a small item in her haste to leave. He hires a private detective to find her. When the detective comes close to figuring out who she is she goes to see Thorndike. Not wanting to loose her again Thorndike restrains from asking questions about who she is. Cindy knows that once he finds out that she is a janitor his disillusion of her will come crashing down and will not want to have anything to do with her.

Some Kind Of Wonderful

A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. John McFarland is a determined, heartless business man who is going to do whatever it takes to gain control of Charles Lovin's shipping company. Charles Lovin has had to start selling anything of value and now there is not much left. John McFarland decides to give Charles the choice of his business or sending his daughter to be with him on his own private Caribbean island. An offer Charles did not accept. Charles has labeled him the beast. Judy Lovin is a kind and compassionate. She has chosen to to work with children than in some big time job. When she overhears an argument over John's proposal she decides that she is going. The island is paradise and she comes to learn the true John McFarland and does not find him to be a beast. John finds himself opening up to someone for the first time. Something that he does not like and is determined not to allow it to happen again. When Judy asks him to leave he finally makes the real sacrifice of letting her go. ( )