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Dear Reader,

I think that I've always had a fascination with those "before and after" photos one sees in magazines. Yes, I know that often they're not real, or they're digitally altered, but there's something so…hopeful about a person deciding that they have a problem, setting out to change it and then—with a little magic and hard work—succeeding beyond their wildest dreams in a very dramatic way.

So I met Meg Leighton, the heroine of this book, and I discovered that she had a secret desire to be all the things she'd never been allowed to be in her life—and then I met Etienne Gavard, a man who might actually help her achieve her secret desires…. Well, I just had to write their story. But the funny thing is that along the way I realized a few things.

There's no way to take a picture of the "before and after" stages of a heart that's been broken and then mended, but that transformation is even more meaningful than any physical transformation. If we could take a photo of the results, the "after" photo would dazzle us completely. That which transforms us the most is loving and being loved. If we should be so lucky as to experience love in our lives, then we are very lucky indeed.

So, while Meg wants to be a Cinderella of sorts, and Etienne wants to help her, what I'm finding (and what I think you'll find) is that they're in for so much more than a simple makeover….

Best wishes

Myrna Mackenzie