Between Stairs and Stardust

Title: Between Stairs and Stardust

Series: Finding Ever After

Author: Pepper Basham

Genre: Historical Fiction,Christian Fiction,Romance,Fairy tale retelling,

Publisher: Independently Owned

Source: Own

Challenges: Mount TBR & 50 Books Challenge

My review:

I love reading Pepper Basham's books. While Between Stairs and Stardust was quite different from the other books she writes, it was still quite enjoyable.

Between Stairs and Stardust is a novella but read like a full story. A few random thoughts without spoilers:

Fairy tales and happily ever after 

A Cinderella story

Stella and James and James' younger sister Alice

Such a sweet story, from their meeting, to the end. I highly recommend this Cinderella retelling!!

★★★★/5

Challenges:

 

 #21 A book where the cover caught your eye       #36 on my TBR challenge

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

An illustrator in hiding. A millionaire with a gardening fascination. And the possibility of a perfect fit for a happily-ever-after. Once Upon a time…A young illustrator, forced from her home in Boston, must return to her Blue Ridge Mountains to escape a scandal. Certain that her dreams are on hold, Stella Emory doesn’t expect to find a prince charming in the form of James Craven, a young man who works in the gardens of the famed Biltmore Estate. Brought together unexpectedly, the two begin a tender friendship inspired by James’s little sister and the story of Cinderella, but James isn’t all he seems. As their friendship grows into a romance, the truth of James’s millionaire status shakes Stella’s confidence. When her past follows her to Asheville, Stella thinks her chance at romance with James is over, but will a Christmas masquerade and the remnants of a charm bracelet somehow provide the magic Stella needs to clear her name and claim her own happily-ever-after?