~**~ ReleaseBlitz for Starlet (Sinister Fairy Tales Collection) by Cora Kenborn w/ Review ~**~

Title: Starlet

Series: Sinister Fairy Tales Collection

Author: Cora Kenborn

Genre: Dark Romance

Release Date: June 25, 2020

From USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia.

They call me America's Sweetheart.

Hollywood royalty. The last of an era.

Sole survivor of LA's most infamous crime.

I'm not any of those things.

He forced me into the spotlight.

The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes.

But Alexandra Romanov's fate won't be mine.

I'll speak her lines. I'll hit the mark. I'll strike a pose.

And when the past and present collide, I'll become their worst nightmare.

They told me to preserve the legacy.

Be careful what you ask for. . .

You just might get it.

**Please be aware this book contains dark themes and sensitive subject matter essential to the storyline that may bother some readers.**

***4 Stars***

A modern day retelling of Anastasia with all the hoopla that comes with finding the ‘lost heir’?

Sure, I’m down and I have to say that I really enjoyed how the author brought it to life in modern day Hollywood, where power is everything and there are more than enough people willing to do anything to get and maintain it.

I really liked Angel and Dominic. Both have lived hard lives and still are. Angel, for all that she’s been through, has a good heart and with a moral compass that may be a little off track, but still rules how she wants to live her life. Dominic was interesting. He may appear to have no moral compass, and at times likes to believe that he doesn’t, he actually does when it counts.  Their journey ~ and they both go on MANY journeys, not just to their HEA ~ was all kinds of twisty turny goodness. The chemistry between them was intense from the start and though they both attempted to ignore it, they both failed miserably, and thank god they did because despite how chaotic their road was, they were perfect for each other.

I’ll admit that I am one of those people who have something of a sick fascination with what happened to the Romanov family and have done my fair share of reading all about their history and the various stories of the many women who came forward as Anastasia, so I found this re-telling to be quite an enjoyable ride. I think the setting was perfect and I really liked how she kept the bones of story, but added twists and turns that made it her own. And speaking of twists…some of them are doozies and a couple, a couple had me going WHOA. My one issue was the pacing of the story. While I was hooked, there were times where things that dragged for me and had me speed reading a bit until it felt like the story was picking up again. 

As for the supporting cast of characters, they were all very well written ~ no matter which parts they played. I loved Violet, Luciano and Javier and wouldn’t have minded being able to spend a lot more time with them.

~ Copy provided by EJBP & voluntarily reviewed ~

Cora Kenborn is a USA Today Bestselling author who writes in multiple genres from dark and gritty romantic suspense to laugh-out-loud romantic comedy. Known for her sharp banter and shocking blindsides, Cora pushes her characters and readers out of their comfort zones and onto an emotional roller coaster before delivering a twisted happily ever after.

Cora believes there’s nothing better than a feisty heroine who keeps her alpha on his toes, and she draws inspiration from the sassy country women who raised her. However, since the domestic Southern Belle gene seems to have skipped a generation, she spends any free time convincing her family that microwaving Hot Pockets counts as cooking dinner.

Oh, and autocorrect thinks she's obsessed with ducks.

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