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The Fairy Tale Bride (Once Upon a Wedding Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kelly McClymer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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From USA Today Bestselling author Kelly McClymer comes a tale of two stubborn hearts locked in a duel between honor and happily-ever-after.

"...filled with original, fresh characters, the necessary bad guy, an overbearing mother-in-law and love thwarted and restored.” — Savannah
"The uncertainty of what will happen next, the lies, the deceit all make this a book you don't want to put down." — Eileen

Miranda Fenster, known throughout society as the Fairy Tale Miss because she insists that happily ever afters are possible even amongst the arranged marriages of the Victorian aristocracy, is on a mission. Her goal? To rescue her brother. Her adversary? Simon Watterly, Duke of Kerstone. A man who almost offered for her five years before.
Simon has a mission of his own.

Furious with his late father and disillusioned by the honorable facade of society, he believes that family honor requires the ultimate sacrifice from him. Unfortunately, Miranda is determined to change his mind. Will Simon get his wish or will Miranda make him see he deserves a happily ever after?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0042ANYJ8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kelly McClymer Books; 2nd edition (September 7, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2410 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,800 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #12 in Fairy Tales (Kindle Store)
- #39 in Fairy Tale Fantasy (Kindle Store)
- #121 in Historical Romance (Kindle Store)

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Kelly McClymer fell in love with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White as a child. Her most prized possession is her copy of The Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm. These are the stories which gripped our ancestors as they huddled around the fire at night, which taught countless children to persevere through hardship and succeed against the odds. Her favorite fairytale remains "The Six Swans" -- where a young sister must not speak a word for six years in order to save her brothers from their stepmother's evil spell.

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Debbie

Awesome, Fairy tale Romance!

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014

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I was torn after reading some of the reviews, even though the book was free. The good topped the bad and I'm so glad they did! I personally don't like all of the sexual graphics in many books today, which is why I hesitated, because of reference to them in some reviews. After reading the book I can't help but wonder what they read because this book had romance, love and yes, desire but no true sex scenes!
I truly loved the book! It is very unique and different from a lot of the garbage I've been finding lately. This author has a truly creative and vivid imagination which she uses to very successfully write a wonderful "fictional" historical romance! It's filled with wit, suspense, mystery, humour, desire and the love of two very strong characters for one another. Miranda, who has loved her new husband for many years and who in some ways, may come off as naive and tries desperately to believe in Fairy Tale happy endings, is truly a very strong, caring and determined young woman who refuses to give up on trying to save her husband, who she mistakenly believes is going to die. Yes, she loves fairy tales but is also very realistic and logical, not very outspoken but doesn't hesitate to go after what she wants and definitely not a doormat, though her love for Simon makes her very vulnerable.
The Duke, Simon Watterly, has loved his new bride, Miranda for a very long time. He had planned to propose to her five years previously, he found out a family secret that his honor demanded he could not tarnish his beloved Miranda with. Instead, he heads off to war hoping to be killed, as he mourns the loss of all he had once envisioned. Obviously, he isn't killed, only to return home five years later. He's a very embittered and angry man with a very drastic plan to set the family to rights again. It will cause him to again leave and give up all he loves and cherishes; including Miranda. (Sorry for the slight spoiler but that was also for the reviewer who said there was an unexplained five year gap in the book left unexplained; I thought it was filled in well). Unfortunately for him at the time, a situation arises that compromises Miranda, where he either marries the love of his life, or leaves her tarnished and alone. Even though he is still determined to follow through with his plans, at least He will be able to spend the short time he has left with his love and give her a secure, untarnished future with the protection of their marriage. Believe me, this is only a wee spoiler because after the marriage, all of the suspense, anger, humor, desire and love develops, builds, takes twists and turns, without a moment of boredom to this wonderful story. I also love the very large surprise twist late in the story, that answers all we are lead to wonder about, as it builds throughout. This is an exceptionally, well written and very different storyline from most I've read over the last forty years. A truly delightful, heartwarming and creatively different romantic work of fiction. I just finished it and now ready to delve into book #2. Thank you Kelly McClymer for bringing true, clean, delightful romance back to those of us who love fictional, Historic Romance without all of the graphic sex and can use our own imagination in that area instead! PLEASE; don't think you have to change or add all of the graphic stuff to your books to compete! I know there are many out there who love going to the edge but not over and enjoy the creative fiction without having to make it realistic. After all, that's why I read; to escape reality for awhile and just enjoy a very delightful work of fiction such as yours!
***UPDATE: I want to apologize for an error in my review as brought to my attention by another reader. There are a couple of very short sexual interludes in this story. They were so short and definitely not explicit during the final consummation of the marriage with very mild graphics. Compared to much of the explicit, vulgarity I've been coming across in many books recently, for me they were very mild with little detail. They are there though. For me, it was clean, short and flowed with the storyline without being vulgar or very descriptive. I truly apologize and will take more care in future reviews to include any sexual activity, no matter how mild or short.

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Joan

Fun to read

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024

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This book was fun to read and entertaining. It is an interesting story with a few unexpected twists and turns and with the expected happy ending.

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BW

Very good in the beginning, but completely confusing and I didn't understand what she was writing at the end.

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2015

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I have very mixed emotions about this book. The overall book was good. I like the story that she told, I just am half-hearted about the way she told it. On one hand I like the style, I loved that she did a great job laying out something that was interesting. I was good enough I read the whole thing, which is harder for me to do more recently after a bad string of downloads. I like the characters, I like most of the interactions, It was good.

Now the parts I didn't like and why I only gave this three stars.
Honestly, I got sick of all the references to the children's fairy tales. We are adult people reading an adult book. The author referencing the fairy tales took away from this book, instead of adding value. It quickly became annoying and it took away form the really good story she had to tell.

At times I couldn't tell who was who in the book. I am still not sure if some of the characters in the book were the same people or if they were different people. So, I am going to pretend I got this character correct, because if I didn't then I am more confused about who was who then I thought. Here is the example:

Simon's mother. I don't even recall how they introduced her, but in the book she goes by, at least It think these are all her: The Dutches of Kerstone, Dowager, Cassandra, Mother. Now the mother part I get when Simon is speaking to her, but why all of sudden are you calling her Dutches of Kerstone at first, then for half the book you call her the Dowager... then in the end you start calling her Cassandra. I could swear when she if first introduced, she is called by something else. But how frigg' confusing to keep changing people's name. Now if the mother is not the Dowager, then who the hell is the Dowager?

Simon's father/brother, one moment he is Peter Watson, the next he is Peter Waterly... and how is it that the servants nor Simon don't recognize this man as being the same person when his picture has been hanging up on the wall since before Simon was born? The mother, whatever he name is, is the only one that knows who he is when he shows up.

At the very end of the book they start changing names again, The Dutches/Dowaager/Mother now becomes Casandra, Peter Watson now become Peter Waterly.. and Simon's father who is not his father has changed names in the book.

Subsequently what happened is the mother tries to explain how Peter, Simon's brother is actually his father, and how men of great standing tricked their wives into have sex with other people so they could have children... BUT... I was 100% lost and did not understand any of it. I think they tricked their wive, to have sex with other people, but some how they were trying to keep the pure blood of the royal lines.. and OMG... I just don't get it or understand at all what really happened. She weaved and tangled the story so badly I couldn't make heads of tales of what was going on. I still down.

I will also add I din't take of for any misspellings or grammar. I also never take off for whether a plot is believable or not unless they have gotten historical reference wrong. This is a story, in a fiction not every plot has to be believable, but in this kind of story it does. The plot had very weak points, but that was okay. It is work of fiction.

TLDR: Overall I loved the story she told, but in the end I was so confused about who was who and what had happened because it was so mixed up, that I honestly didn't understand what I was reading in the last few chapters. The references to Fairy tales was very annoying and killed the book instead of enhancing it.

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D Henderson

An Interesting Intrigue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2023

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I enjoyed this story. It is different and has several very unexpected twists. Miranda and Simon have a lot of family troubles to contend with but find a way to happiness, despite several murder attempts, abductions and elopement. The book is well-written.

Zeinab

I chose to review this book I enjoyed it very much

Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2018

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I chose to review this book I enjoyed it very much. I like the main characters the Duke and Miranda. I enjoyed the suspense and thrill of the book I felt the secrets were great and how they interacted together the sparks were blossoming I liked how the action developed and was surprised in some chapters. This will keep you wanting more I can't wait to read the next one.

Melody

Ok, aber nicht berauschend

Reviewed in Germany on November 27, 2018

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Mir hat dieses Buch irgendwie nicht so richtig gefallen, auch wenn ich es trotzdem bis zum Ende durchgehalten habe.
Miranda und Simon heiraten, um einen Skandal zu entgehen (obwohl ich mich immer noch frage, wie die Leute genau erfahren sollen, dass Miranda und Simon in einer Hütte alleine waren). Während der Heirat kommen einige wichtige Geheimnisse and Licht, aber Miranda ist eher darauf versessen mit Simon ins Bett zu gehen.
Insgesamt plätertscht die Geschichte vor sich hin, mal spannend mal weniger, bis das Ende kommt. Da kriegt die Geschichte einen komplett neuen Schwung, der dazu führt das alles plötzlich sehr schnell geht. Ein bisschen mehr Tempo hätte ich schon gerne früher gehabt. Die nächsten Bücher aus der Reihe, die andere Charaktere behandelt, werde ich nicht lesen, da mich dieses Buch nicht wirklich verheiratet werden.

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doris

Excellent.

Reviewed in France on October 27, 2017

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Great book, loved the plot and the people in it. Lots of twists and turns but with a great ending. Fan read.

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Book One...The Fairy Tale Bride

Reviewed in Australia on October 1, 2021

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What a wonderful read, this book has everything. Love, Hate, Sorrow etc but most of all intrigue, right up until the last few lines. It kept my interest to the very end, a great story of love, hope and Happily Ever After!!