Oh, blast! Poppy dabbed at the ink with her handkerchief before it could run off the paper and onto the white counterpane. She had been sprawled across it writing, and her quill pen skidded over the paper and left huge blotches of ink on the letter to her twin, Daisy. When someone knocked on the bedroom door, Poppy nearly leaped right off the bed. Still, what’s one more little girl? Houseguest 'Another one coming? Ah, me! Can nothing I seek come easily? What’s this, what’s this? The Corley clucked her tongue when the steam failed to show her any more. The girl finally laughed, and the other young man helped her into a carriage. One of the young men handed over a bag that appeared to be full of balls of yarn with a pair of sharp knitting needles sticking out of the top. Last of all two tall young men embraced her. The young girl’s beauty was only marred by the frown she wore.Ĭurious, the Corley watched as the frowning girl was kissed and hugged by a whole herd of other young ladies, clearly all sisters. Black hair framed a face with porcelain skin and large violet eyes. The thick green liquid flickered and another face appeared. Handsome, yet blind to his own appeal and so much more, the Corley purred. All around him, women stopped to sigh but he rode on, oblivious. A tall youth with pale gold hair and deep blue eyes, riding a showy gray horse down a city street. She tipped the pan a little, pouring out more liquid glass, and there he was. She will come to me with open arms, the lovely.

She was ironing a muslin gown, a grim expression on her face. It flowed, pale and smooth, into a basin, and showed the Corley a young girl with blue eyes and black hair under a little white cap. She tilted the pan just a little, and the syrupy stuff slithered out in a green sheet. Yes, everything will be perfect this time. She took a shallow pan of molten glass and set it in the air over her head. Perfect, the Corley said, lips stretched wide in a smile. Ballgowns, cinders, and enchanted glass slippers fly in this romantic and action-packed happily-ever-after quest from an author with a flair for embroidering tales in her own delightful way.ĭon't miss these other stories from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George: It's got the makings of a fairy tale-until a hapless servant named Eleanor is tricked by a vengeful fairy godmother into competing with Poppy for the eligible prince. Hoping to escape the troubles in her kingdom, Princess Poppy reluctantly agrees to take part in a royal exchange program, where young princes and princesses travel to each other's countries in the name of better political alliances-and potential marriages. The enchanting second book in New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George's Twelve Dancing Princesses series is a Cinderella retelling that will sweep you off your feet!

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George