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Love, Cinder & Slippers

By Elaine Canyon
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Level 3 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death of Parent, Death of Loved One, Grief

Book Details

Genre

Fantasy Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Altered Tales

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
magicchildhood friendscinderella retellingfairy tale retellingfantasy worldFriends to Loverspalacewintersecretsfirst love

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Synopsis

What if Cinderella didn’t want the prince? What if she wanted his man-at-arms?

Elara’s world collapsed with the death of her father, and a year later, nothing has improved. After Elara’s naïve actions left her family destitute, she swore to fix things herself. However, with her step-mother still trapped in her grief, property taxes coming due, and Elara’s savings not making the mark, she may be forced to admit she can’t bring back what she squandered—until a solution comes from her childhood crush.

Being the prince’s man-at-arms is an honor, even when the prince is more annoying than Gideon can fathom. In yet another attempt to get Gideon to loosen up, the prince convinces the king and queen that Gideon needs to dance at the upcoming ball, with dance lessons to help him prepare. Gideon’s desperation to avoid stuffy lessons with the royal dance instructor leads him to the perfect solution—his original dance teacher and childhood best friend.

When Gideon tells Elara the royal family will pay her for these dance lessons, Elara can’t say no. But when the true source of that payment comes to light, Elara must decide if her pride is worth more than the love she’s come to have for Gideon.

Love, Cinder & Slippers is a closed-door, heart-warming twist on the classic tale of Cinderella, full of familiarity and new turns that will leave you swooning for more.

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Love, Cinder & Slippers

By Elaine Canyon

Genre

Fantasy Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Altered Tales

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

magicchildhood friendscinderella retellingfairy tale retellingfantasy worldFriends to Loverspalacewintersecretsfirst love

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Level 3 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death of Parent, Death of Loved One, Grief

Synopsis

What if Cinderella didn’t want the prince? What if she wanted his man-at-arms?

Elara’s world collapsed with the death of her father, and a year later, nothing has improved. After Elara’s naïve actions left her family destitute, she swore to fix things herself. However, with her step-mother still trapped in her grief, property taxes coming due, and Elara’s savings not making the mark, she may be forced to admit she can’t bring back what she squandered—until a solution comes from her childhood crush.

Being the prince’s man-at-arms is an honor, even when the prince is more annoying than Gideon can fathom. In yet another attempt to get Gideon to loosen up, the prince convinces the king and queen that Gideon needs to dance at the upcoming ball, with dance lessons to help him prepare. Gideon’s desperation to avoid stuffy lessons with the royal dance instructor leads him to the perfect solution—his original dance teacher and childhood best friend.

When Gideon tells Elara the royal family will pay her for these dance lessons, Elara can’t say no. But when the true source of that payment comes to light, Elara must decide if her pride is worth more than the love she’s come to have for Gideon.

Love, Cinder & Slippers is a closed-door, heart-warming twist on the classic tale of Cinderella, full of familiarity and new turns that will leave you swooning for more.

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Physical Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands or affectionate touching
  • Compliments or confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces or cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters are only referred to from the past, not described or shown on page
 

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in the underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied but not described
  • Feeling warm or flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls or groans
  • Thinking or speaking about desire in a non-descriptive way
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level, though this may be unpopular if they are not married
 

Level 3

 

  • Hands moving, still not in the underwear zone
  • French kissing with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions that still follow these guidelines
  • Feeling hot or sweaty
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, or panting
  • More frantic moments and some loss of control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If characters lie down together, there should be little description of contact or movement
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with a fade to black scene
  • Focus stays on the emotion
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged or committed couples

Innuendo Levels

Level 0 — None

  • No sexual innuendo
  • No suggestive humor
  • No crude or sexual jokes

Level 1 — Minimal

  • Minimal innuendo or double meanings
  • Light teasing
  • Mild crude or dad humor
  • Not frequent or strong

Level 2 — Moderate

  • Moderate suggestive humor
  • Double meanings
  • Sexual tension
  • May include crude or sexual jokes

Level 3 — Heavy

  • Heavy innuendo
  • Strong suggestive dialogue
  • Frequent crude or sexual humor

Swearing Levels

Zero

  • No swearing

Mild

  • Up to 10 uses of “hel*” or “dam*”

Moderate

  • 10+ uses of “hel*” or “dam*”
  • And/or use of bodily swear words like “shi*,” “as*,” etc.

Severe

  • 30+ swear words
  • And/or any use of the F-word one or more times

Violence Levels

Zero

  • No on-page violence

Mild

  • Violence is present without detail or only referenced vaguely
  • May briefly mention blood or injuries
  • Comparable to a G-rated movie

Moderate

  • Violence is more frequent and/or more detailed
  • Can be more intense
  • Injuries may be lightly described
  • Comparable to a PG-rated movie

Severe

  • Violence is more detailed and frequent
  • Blood may be mentioned and injuries may be described in detail
  • Comparable to a PG-13-rated movie

Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands/Affectionate touching
  • Compliments/confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces/cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters from past only referred to, not described or on-screen

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied not described
  • Feel warm/flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls and groans
  • Thinking/speaking about desire non-descriptive
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level – but may be unpopular if not married

Level 3

  • Hands moving, still not in underwear zone
  • French kiss with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions still follow guidelines
  • Feel hot, sweating
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, panting
  • More frantic and lose some control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If they lay down together anywhere, use little description of contact/moving
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with fade to black scene. Keep focus on the emotion.
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged/committed couples.