Cinderella at the Firecracker Ball
C.J. Bede had never read "Cinderella," but she would have recognized herself as the star. She even had two wicked stepsisters, Karla and Darla Farley. But in this story, when the prince came to town to find a wife, no one was going to keep C.J. away. With the help of her fairy godmother (the sweet little old lady who lived next door) C.J. swept into the Firecracker Ball and set the eyes of Rowan McKenna, the Prince of Takeovers, afire. While her stepsisters were fuming, she snared the heart of the town's most eligible bachelor. But then the clock struck midnight...