"It's supposed to be a challenge," Maddox said with a laugh.
Duncan whirled to walk backward as he spoke. "Right. A challenge. Because everyone loves those."
"When I'm offering a cash prize big enough to feed a family for a year, they do," Maddox said as Duncan turned his back to him and strolled toward the display of saddles.
"Can I help you?" the cute associate interrupted. She wore an Arbor Ranch nametag on her plaid blue shirt, and cowgirl boots climbed up the ends of her jeans.
Maddox rubbed the back of his neck. Maybe he was crazy to do this.
He could tell the associate no thanks. He could leave the furry cottontails behind and find where Duncan had strolled off to. Or he could step out of the box and take a chance.
He'd always preferred that option.
"Yeah," he said. "I need a white rabbit."
This is going to work, he told himself as the associate assisted him with the rabbit. Whether the park was set in Vermont or not, he'd issue his challenge everywhere he could. Bring in new customers. He'd get Wonderland back on its feet.
All he needed was the right girl.
Find out if Maddox saves Wonderland and gets the girl in Alice and the Billionaire's Wonderland.
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Acknowledgments
Since I was a child, Cinderella was a favorite fairy tale, and I loved the opportunity to retell it here! First of all, gratitude goes to Heather Cardona, owner of The Plot Genie. I got stuck and wasn’t sure how to handle a certain aspect of this story. It’s thanks to Heather that the theft conspiracy came about. She is a mastermind at plotting and helping writers work out kinks in their stories, and it was no different for me. Thanks for your help, Heather!
Thanks go to my cover designer, Najla Qamber. Najla, you absolutely captured the romantic, fairy tale feel I wanted for these covers. The cover is completely perfect, Naj. Thank you!
To my husband, Duane, for all your help and for your unfailing support. To my beautiful kids, I love you! To my Heavenly Father, for talents and blessings.
Huge thanks to Scarlett West for her amazing insights and for helping to spiff up the ending that much more. And thanks go to Sara Old for her wonderful, intuitive editing.
And to you, readers! We share a love of books, and that is a magical thing. That is a fairy tale.
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About the Author
Catelyn Meadows is a romantic at heart. A mom of four munchkins, Catelyn married a true blue farm boy who still makes her heart pitter-pat, and she wanted to create stories that do the same. She also writes clean, young adult fantasy romance as USA Today bestselling author, Cortney Pearson.
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www.catelynmeadows.blogspot.com.
