Have Glass Slippers, Will Travel. Single twentysomething seeks Prince Charming. Those without royal castles need not apply. Inspired by a famous talk show host to "live her best life," out-of-work tech writer Katy Orville flies off to London to find the man of her dreams. But in order to catch a prince, she has to shed her all-American girl image and transform herself into a hip, fashionable heiress.
Can she really pull it off? At a society wedding, it seems like a dream come true when a handsome man in a formal kilt begins a hot pursuit, clearly smitten with Katy. Unfortunately, Will Eland is more interested in rebuilding some old estate in the countryside than in partying with the aristos -- how can she be attracted to Mr. Handyman when she's looking for a nobleman?
But appearances can be deceiving, as Katy well knows. Sometimes a prince is disguised as a pauper -- and sometimes an ordinary bloke is really a duke.
And she hopes that playing make-believe hasn't ruined her chance for happily ever after Your Cart items Cart total. Free eBook available to NEW subscribers only. Must redeem within 90 days. See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. More Books from this Author. The Adventures of a Roman Slave. See more by Lisa Cach. Losing it makes it clear to her that this safety wasn't real, so she can't seem to get inspired to look for another job like it.
She's been sensible and put some money away for a rainy day, so she's got a bit of space to look for something closer to a dream job, but the problem is she doesn't know what her dream is. All real enough, right?
But then the zaniness starts. Katy worships Oprah Winfrey as in, she's got a sort of altar in her room with a photo of Oprah and lights candles to her. After making a collage of all the images and words from magazines that "feel right" to her and not knowing what on earth it all could mean, she falls asleep and Oprah comes to her in a dream.
When she wakes up, Katy knows exactly what she wants to do. Her dream is to marry an English aristocrat, so she'll spend her rainy day fund on a trip to London, where she'll stay in Mayfair and frequent the places where she imagines "lordlings" hang out. That's what Oprah would do. And for such a harebrained, idiotic plan, it actually works.
While queueing for entrance to the Tower of London, she notices groups of very well-dressed people going in and showing invitations at the door. There's clearly a high-society wedding inside. And when she goes in and drifts in that direction wondering if she should try to sneak in surely there'll be lords in there! The young man is Will Eland and he's a real, live duke. An impoverished one who got his title unexpectedly and doesn't care a hoot about it, and who's trying to keep a roof over his as dilapidated as his van castle by farming organic vegetables.
He assumes the suited, high-heeled Katy is a guest, rather than a tourist when deciding what she should wear to attract her dream lordling she thought the most sensible thing to do was to model her wardrobe after Queen Elizabeth -posh, right?
The first person Katy is introduced to is Will's supercilious cousin Trevor, who's a viscount, and who wants nothing better than to get one over Will. Seeing how Will's looking at the frumpy American girl, Trevor decides to pursue her.
And that's Katy's conflict right there: This is a wish fulfillment book. There are loads of them around lately, and that aspect didn't work for me any better than when it's all about regular girls dating rock stars. Maybe the idea of a contemporary aristocrat would have been more to my taste if I hadn't moved to England a few years go, but I did, and it wasn't. Part of me despised Katy for going "ohh, noblemen!
The humour is really frustrating. A lot of it depends on Katy being completely oblivious and mind-numbingly stupid in ways that are not even internally coherent -she's on this huge aristo-hunting trip and she never thought of checking what the wife of a marquess is called? Humour's so very personal, but here's a quick test: But at the same time, there are some scenes that really tickled me e. The balance moves more to the latter as the book progresses, which ends things in a slightly happier note, but the beginning made me groan quite a bit and left me not believing in Katy as a real person at all.
Actually, no one feels real. Cach has some strange ideas about English people, and nothing feels remotely true or plausible. Yes, it's supposed to be farce, but the ways in which she got things like her take on what a British tabloid article about a rich American newcomer might sound like were not just off-base, they were cringe-worthy and laughable and made me feel embarrassed for her. I was also annoyed by how all the young, female characters who could have been rivals for the heroine were unbelievably nasty.
The shame is that at the heart of this is a hero and a romance that could have been pretty good. Will was a nice character, a hard-working and literally down-to-earth guy who cares passionately about the land that has come to him.
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He's rather lonely, though, and actively dreams of someone to share his life with. He falls for Katy really hard as soon as he meets her lovely, but why on earth does he? It's a shame, because I could see this written in a way that isn't so offensively stupid. Mar 07, Jenny rated it liked it.
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A sweet, funny romance. Probably more romantic comedy than true romance, but it's a fun read. Apr 21, Michelle rated it liked it. Those without royal castles need not apply. Inspired by a famous talk show host to "live her best life," out-of-work tech writer Katy Orville flies off to London to find the man of her dreams. But in order to catch a prince, she has to shed her all-American girl image and transform herself into a hip, fashionable heiress. Can she really pull it off? At a society wedding, it seems like a dream come true when a handsome man in a formal kilt begins a hot pursuit, clearly smitten with Katy.
Unfortunately, Will Eland is more interested in rebuilding some old estate in the countryside than in partying with the aristos -- how can she be attracted to Mr. Handyman when she's looking for a nobleman?
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But appearances can be deceiving, as Katy well knows. Sometimes a prince is disguised as a pauper -- and sometimes an ordinary bloke is really a duke. And she hopes that playing make-believe hasn't ruined her chance for happily ever after Jun 11, Jess rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Katy channels Oprah--what would she do? Will grows organic food. The Oprah bits were odd and not funny.
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Also, the exact situation escapes me now, but I ran into something so cliched that I actually shook my head and said out loud "you've got to be kidding me. That said, I didn't hate it. The main problem is that the Cinderella storyline has been done so many t Katy channels Oprah--what would she do? The main problem is that the Cinderella storyline has been done so many times that a lackluster attempt seems worse than a similar-quality story that's not based on hundreds of years and millions of variations.
I've read too many versions not to expect more. Jan 15, Debby rated it liked it Shelves: Katy Orville is a recently unemployed technical writer from the Seattle area. Inspired by watching Oprah, she makes a "life map" and decides to go to England to see if she can land a rich, title husband. While visiting the Tower of London, she's mistaken for a wedding guest by another kilt clad guest, Will Eland, cousin of the bride. Fun lighthearted with only Katy Orville is a recently unemployed technical writer from the Seattle area. Fun lighthearted with only one brief bedroom scene at the very end.
May 02, Tracey rated it did not like it. Tried reading this one too but gave up. I really couldn't get into caring for the female lead and her worshipping of Oprah was annoying. Yes Oprah is a great role model for some, but she took it way too far with her shrine and her praying to the Oprah poster like she's a "God" was just too annoying.