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Dear Reader,

I'm really excited to have a book released in 2009, because this year Harlequin celebrates sixty years of producing great books that are loved around the world. A lot has changed for women in that time, but even twenty-first-century women still love being swept away by Harlequin's wonderful modern-day fairy tales.

I've always loved fairy tales. I used to act them out with my grandma and my younger sister when I was a child. Granny was always the wicked witch or the woodcutter. My poor sister was only ever allowed to be a dwarf or an ugly relation of some sort. As older sibling, I claimed the right to be the heroine—the princess. (Sorry, sis!) Cinderella was one of my favorites. Rags to riches, falling in love with a handsome prince—what's not to like?

Just as Cinderella does, Alice in Invitation to the Boss's Ball has the most fabulous pair of shoes. I would literally love to strut around in them for a while. What a pity she doesn't believe she's princessy enough to wear them—that is, until she meets the yummy Cameron!

This book is my modern-day take on the classic Cinderella story. It has a downtrodden heroine, a suitably remote and regal prince, and it even has versions of the ugly sisters and the fairy godmother—who actually waves a wand at one point. See if you can spot it!

Love and hugs,

Fiona Harper