Review: Abducted by a Prince (Cinderella Sisterhood #3) by Olivia Drake

Abducted by a Prince (Cinderella Sisterhood #3) by Olivia Drake 

Published  April 29th 2014 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback, 352 pages

Series: Cinderella Sisterhood

Genre: Historical Romance

Source:  I got a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review.
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Summary from Goodreads

She’s not waiting for her prince. He’s not looking for a bride. But sometimes the most unlikely love stories end in “happily ever after”…

She Was Stolen Away...

Ellie Stratham gave up her childhood dreams of a fairy tale romance long ago. To repay her late father’s debts, she’s forced to serve her spoiled cousin, Lady Beatrice. But Ellie has devised a secret plan to escape her life as a drudge. A plan that is thrown into jeopardy when she’s abducted by a mysterious stranger.

But Can He Steal Her Heart?

A notorious seducer of women—and a scoundrel to boot—Damien Burke has earned his nickname as the Demon Prince. But his plot to kidnap Lady Beatrice to make her brother return a priceless heirloom backfires—and he ends up with their penniless cousin, Ellie, as his hostage. By the time Damien realizes his mistake, he and his fiery-willed captive are trapped in a remote castle during a wild winter storm. And he soon finds that the true hostage may be his own heart.

Ellie Stratham has spent most of her life trying to repay her late father's debt by serving under her uncle by taking cause of her spoiled cousin Lady Beatrice. She is treated as a poor relative, with no pay and lives in a small isolated room. She has a plan that should help her get out from her uncles roof on her own, but that dream is soon threatened when she get's accidentally kidnapped by a stranger.

Damien Burke a.k.a Demon Prince has had a rough life. Now he owns a gambling establishment and only wants one thing - to get back a key that was taken from him as a boy that might hold a clue to his past. When the man who has taken the key falls in to debt, he threatens him with the abduction of his sister unless he returns the key to him soon. Unfortunate, Damien Burke ends up abducting the wrong woman in a simple case of a mistaken identity.

I love Olivia Drake Cinderella Sisterhood stories ever since I read Stroke of Midnight last year. I been kind of looking forward to the next book all year. This one was just as a pleasant surprise as the first book I read. Drake brings to the table a lot of charm, memorable characters and a swoon worthy romance that left me wanting so much more.

The story of course has a Cinderella like feel. Ellie is poor and is mistreated by her relatives, but when she get's kidnapped and her cousin spreads rumors that she ran off with the Demon Prince - Ellie is left with only one choice to preserve her dreams. I really enjoyed the slow build romance between Damien and Ellie, even when the attraction between the two was there from the very start. I liked seeing the different parts of Damien as well, in the case of his daughter Lily - those scenes where downright heart melting!

Romantic and enchanting. Olivia Drake delivers another engaging read with a surprising secret throwing in the end of the book that ties the book nicely together. I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next!