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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780553586473
ISBN number: 0553586475
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 480
Printing Date: March 25, 2008
Publishing house: Bantam
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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Too short to be a model, too unartistically inclined to be a designer, Valerie Wagner has finally found her niche in the fashion world she loves as the publicist for Glass Slipper, Ltd., and the mastermind behind the launch of their brand-new glossy magazine. She's signed up the perfect cover model - Prince Charming, an advice columnist who's won the hearts of millions of women with his acerbic wit and his on-target romantic insight. Best of all, he's never revealed his real name or shown his face. Until now. And it's Valerie who's about to bring him into the limelight. There's just one problem. America's sweetheart, the sexy and sensitive man who's helped millions of women get their man, is coming out of the closet with a vengeance.
Valerie's new-found career is teetering on the brink of ruin. She can't crush the hopes of all the buyers of the magazine. She can't get Eric out of his seven-figure contract. And Prince Charming himself is tired of living a lie, and wants to find his own Mr. Right. Looks like there's no way out. Until Eric offers up his childhood best friend Jack, a sportswriter with a devilish smile and a chain of ruined relationships behind him. With Eric as the brains of the operation and Jack as the heartthrob that the media can sink its teeth into, they're an unbeatable team, and no one ever has to know... until Jack notices that behind Valerie's overachiever businesswoman personality is a woman with her very own kind of charm, and he decides to take matters into his own hands...
Fresh, sexy, and funny enough to have come from the pen of Prince Charming himself, Donna Kauffman transcends the boundaries of romance and chick lit to take her own particular twist on a fairy tale.
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I really enjoyed this book, it was fun. I felt it had a little more substance then your typical boy meets girl book and also gave the main character a little bit more to her as a person and not just an average woman looking for love.
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I give this book 3.5 stars. It wasn't anything phenomenal, but it was fun and easy to read. I wondered about the editing. The author used the word "Hell" a hell of a lot. It was Hell this and Hell that. Too many times. I'm not saying this because I'm a prude, just because often less is more. A couple of Hells would have been fine. She went a little overboard. Having said that, it wasn't a horrible book and it was cute. If you're looking for something deep, skip this one.
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Donna Kauffman's DEAR PRINCE CHARMING chronicles the escapades of a straight-laced publicist as she tries to pull off the biggest hoax in the world of magazine publishing. Valerie Wagner is a slave to fashion, obsessed with the glossy pages of fashion magazines since her elementary school years. She spent most of her life attempting to establish a career related to fashion, sampling in everything from modeling to serving as an assistant to fashion magazine editors. She doesn't find her niche in this realm until she acts her way into a position as the publicist for Glass Slipper, a periodical soon to be launched. Having just landed the elusive Prince Charming, a reknown relationship advice columnist who exposes the inner thinkings of males to women, as the spokesperson for the magazine, Valerie feels she is on top of the world. However, she takes a mighty stumble when she discovers Prince Charming has a secret that might damage Glass Slipper's reputation before its big debut. With the real Prince Charming out, Valerie has no other choice but to accept a stand-in.
The only man brave enough to dare take the place of Prince Charming is Jack Lambert. A man's man, Jack is as far from the proverbial white knight as a person can be. As a sportswriter with a haunted past and a fear of commitment, he is no Prince Charming.
Or is he?
That is the question that Donna Kauffman sets out to answer in this entertaining tale about finding Mr. Right (or Wrong) at the wrong time. I did not find this novel very funny, but I still liked it. The strength of this book lies in its two main characters--Valerie and Jack. They are not your typical romance hero and heroine, so if you are looking for a swooning love story, you might want to look elsewhere. Valerie and Jack develop an almost instantaneous attraction to one another when they very first meet, but being two career-oriented people with paths leading in opposite directions, they resist the idea of pursuing a relationship. This hesitation allows Kauffman to develop the two characters as individuals. Valerie is a workaholic who enjoys having control over all aspects of her life and who knows how to take care of herself. However, Kauffman gives her a softer and more vulnerable side, so I found that I could easily relate to Valerie. Jack has typical journalistic traits--sharp, aggressive, and slightly impulsive. He also has a playful nature, which shines in his interactions with Valerie. They always banter when in a room together and try to push each other's buttons, especially Jack. He and Valerie, being two smart characters, choose to participate throughout the novel in a form of foreplay composed of dialogue and intellect. This proved to be a nice break from the "love at very first sight" idea that other romance stories center on.
However, this book was not without its flaws. I didn't really like the three "godmothers," the women who own and run Glass Slipper, Ltd. I found them to be over-the-top and annoying. Also, this story is told from both Valerie's and Jack's points of view in third person. While I enjoyed being able to see both sides of the relationship, I felt that Kauffman does not have enough "room" or time to fully develop the two characters. In my opinion, most of the character development relies telling rather than showing. Kauffman seemingly skims over Valerie's and Jack's pasts, which obviously have influence over their present actions and personalities. I would have appreciated more in-depth details about their pasts. Nevertheless, I was still able to get the gist of their personalities and enjoy the book.
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Loved every moment of the book. it is such a page turner because of the witty lines and that you are really hoping Jack and Valerie would get together already! Loved it!
I read the Cinderella Rules very first and enjoyed that extremely and then once i found out that Donna Kauffman wrote another book with Glass Slipper, Ltd. I simply had to read it! Donna Kauffman is a great writer.
Happy Reading!!
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Valerie Wagner is a publicist hired to launch a new magazine published by the Glass Slipper Godmothers (of "Cinderella Rules" fame). Her major coup is an exclusive column penned by internet dating guru, Prince Charming, who provides the viewpoint of guys (and actually understands women!) to her loyal readership, despite managing to remain anonymous all these years.
Upon the launch of his column, Eric, aka as the Prince, is in turmoil. He has harbored a secret for many years (even his best friend does not know about it). After telling Valerie he cannot go through with it and her demanding to know why, he reveals that he is gay and in search of his own Mr. Right. He decides that all is not lost, and enlists his best friend, Jack to step up as the face of Prince Charming, while Eric will continue to pen the column.
Unlucky in love and work, with a trail of broken relationships and dreams in his wake, Jack is reluctant, but wants to help his friend. Despite disliking Valerie from the start, he's shocked when he starts to develop feelings for her and isn't sure if he wants to take the risk to act on them. After his makeover, Valerie too starts to fall for the "face" of Prince Charming.
Kauffman's sizzling and sensuous fractured fairytale is a cut above her dismal Cinderella failure, as she redeems herself with this twist on a contemporary prince. But is it just me or are those "godmothers" annoying as heck?
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