The Cinderella Hour [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: MIRA Books (2005)
• ASIN: B002NJ07TA
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,570,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bestselling Seattle-born author Katherine Stone set about plotting her life's journey at a very young age. At age five she knew she hoped to become a doctor. Then, after writing her first short story at age 11, she realized that she'd love to be a writer, too.

In pursuit of that youthful dream, Katherine attended Stanford University, where she completed her premed requirements while majoring in English. She received her M.D. from the University of Washington. Following her internal medicine residency in San Francisco, she accepted a fellowship in infectious diseases in Los Angeles.

What remains one of the world's largest outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease coincided with her fellowship, which gave her the opportunity to write and lecture on this mysterious new disease. But it was not all work and no play. There was also romance in L.A. It was there (during a spinal tap!) that she met her future husband, physician and novelist Jack Chase.

While she had accomplished the first half of her young-life goals, Katherine never really got around to the second part--being a writer--until Jack bought her a word processor and urged her to "Just do it." The result? Bestselling books in the distinctive Katherine Stone style: a marriage of lyrical prose, evocative emotion and, above all, romance.

"There's nothing wrong with incurable romanticism," the physician asserts. "I love writing about nice people, who are giving life their best shot despite the sometimes monumental obstacles I place in their paths and who discover, despite those obstacles, the splendor and power of love."

Although Katherine has hung up her stethoscope for the moment and is writing full-time at her home near Seattle, her medical background is often evident in her books. "I very much enjoy sharing my passion for medicine--its drama, its emotion and yes, its science--with my readers."

The author of 21 novels, including Twins, Bel Air, Love Songs, and Pearl Moon, Katherine's books have been translated into 20 languages and sold worldwide. She is in the midst of converting all her novels into e-book formats (and thinking about her next book!)

Please visit her website at www.katherinestone.com.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars strong romantic suspense thriller, July 27, 2005

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cinderella Hour (Hardcover)

In Quail Ridge, Illinois, eight year old Snow Ashley Gable meets ten years old Lucas Kilcannon. The two lonely outsiders forge a bond to include e sneaking him food as his father, a local hero as a successful swimming coach fails to feed him. When his father decides to kill him, Lucas jumps out his window to escape the fire his dad lit and died in. However, he lands in the glass and nails that his father placed in the dried out swimming pool. Most people blame Lucas who is considered a bad seed.

In High school he and Snow begin seeing one another. However he leaves for the West Coast to go to college with plans to come back and marry his pregnant beloved Snow. When she miscarries, she tells him good bye and vanishes.

Years later successful Atlanta radio host Snow Gable takes her show The Cinderella Hour to Chicago not knowing that the past that started in Massachusetts before she was born will come back to haunt her. Also Lucas demands to know why she left him. She knows she owes him the truth, but how to make the man she still loves understand that she suffered from post partum depression.

Though at first there seems as if there are too many subplots, all tie brilliantly together inside a strong romantic suspense thriller. The story line is character driven, but not just by the second chance at love between Snow and Lucas. The major ensemble support cast plays critical roles with each having their secondary segment fit into the bigger picture. Katherine Stone writes a complex but winning tale.

Harriet Klausner

4.0 out of 5 stars good & angtsy until the last 1/4, April 21, 2011

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RomReader (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cinderella Hour (Mass Market Paperback)

30yo radio-talkshow host goes back to small town to have closure with her 1st love, who was the town's black sheep when they were kids but who is now its respected & hardworking firefighter. Their quest to set things straight about their past becomes complicated as characters from their past confess to their part of separating Hero & heroine. Hero & heroine also find out that other unresolved incidents from the past are rearing its deadly heads again.

Overall, this Stone book had a poignant & angtsy childhood-sweethearts romance. Sexual tension & its very few love scenes were ok. My emotions were involved & my reading went fairly fast until the last 1/4 of the book. Basically, once Hero & heroine discussed their past fully & reconciled, the tone & pace of the book changed. The suspense part unfolded in a contrived & predictable way. It destroyed the smooth & emotional-poignant feel of the story beforehand & things became awkward & boring.

Recommended for its love story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done!, May 20, 2010

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Cameo - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cinderella Hour (Hardcover)

This one was interesting from page 1. Not always the case with KS books. All the characters were lively and well-developed. Although I could have done without the lead character being named "Snow." Nevertheless, KS did an outstanding job with this story. I just loved it!