<p><strong>Valentina hates fairytales.</strong><br /><br />Happily ever after? As a twenty-one-year-old widow with a head injury that steals her memories she knows that life is never that easy.&nbsp;<br /><br />But now she&rsquo;s got a chance to start over with wealthy hotel owner Kingsley White. He&rsquo;s kind handsome and yes quite a bit older but she can handle that. After all he comes with the fabulous White Hotel crowning jewel of the luxurious fantasy-themed Sweetheart Island resort. It&rsquo;s so modern that half the staff are androids and the other half are actors and it seems to be the perfect place for her to start afresh.&nbsp;<br /><br />But then Kingsley turns out to have a grown daughter Snow. And Snow really really doesn&rsquo;t want a stepmother barely older than herself and the dislike is mutual. Valentina&rsquo;s new life seems to be falling apart when it&rsquo;s barely begun&hellip;&nbsp;<br /><br />Enter a too-familiar stranger in fantasy costume as well as a troupe of dangerous oddballs conducting an underhanded treasure hunt. Add in mysterious troubles during her memory blanks and then real disaster strikes. Valentina&rsquo;s about to discover Sweetheart Island&rsquo;s secrets &ndash; as well as a few of her own.&nbsp;<br /><br />Can a gorgeous flawed black widow ever have her own happily ever after?<br /><br /><em>&#39;Breaking the Glass Slipper&#39; is a futuristic twist on the classic fairytale genre. Young adult standalone novel.</em></p>