Juliet Fenster yearns for someone to see beneath her flirtatious surface to the passionate and dedicated woman beneath. Her stylish hand-carved buttons may look like mere ornamentation, but they also serve a practical purpose for a local village artisan and his family.
R.J. Hopkins wants nothing more than to find a plain, practical bride in his hometown of Boston. However, his father insists that he accompany the family to London, where they hope to marry off his sister to an English lord and better the family standing in Boston society. While attempting to help a friend untangle himself from the notoriously flirtatious web of Juliet Fenster, R.J. discovers that his heart and his head don’t always work together.
Can a woman born and bred to be lady of the manor survive in a stiff and proper Boston household?
USA Today Bestselling author 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.