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Bella–real name is Isabella–was born the daughter of an angry and unhappy knight named Edward. When Bella’s mother died giving birth to her, Bella was brought to live with a peasant family in a nearby village. She grew up in that loving family, never knowing about her father or his position in their medieval society. She also had one special friend, Prince Julian of Moranmoor, who was also raised by Bella’s peasant family, and who would play an important role later in Bella’s life.

When Edward the knight marries again and brings his new wife and her two young daughters with her, he also demands that Bella comes back to live in his castle. But life for Bella with her new stepmother and two stepsisters (Cinderella?) is not a happy one. Bella makes the best of it and manages to find some happiness here, too, until the day the older stepsister brings news home from the king’s castle that threatens her friend, Prince Julian.

Using the usual fairy tale elements such as a magic ring, glass slippers, beautiful gowns and mighty horses, the author turns this nice little story into an exciting, romantic adventure with a brave young girl stepping to right wrongs and change peoples’ lives. Readers who like the books using variations of the Cinderella story should really like Bella at Midnight!