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Reader reviewed by Mairi

Cecilia has not lived all of her life in a remote village with Nanny, though that's what everyone thinks. When she was very young, she lived with her mother and father, the King and Queen of Suala, in the famed Palace of Mirrors, but then the murderers came and Sir Stephen smuggled her away to safety. In her place he left a common girl, Desmia, to sit on the throne as a decoy until the murderers could be aprehended and Cecilia could reclaim her birthright- but fourteen years later, the murderers are closing in on Cecilia, not Desmia, and she is still no closer to the Palace, so she decides to take matters into her own hands.

This book is a sequel of sorts to Just Ella, which I read years and years ago and don't really remember all that well, but I enjoyed it anyway. It was a quick read- I read it in one very short sitting. All the while, kept my hand over the picture on the cover of the book, which is completely ridiculous and not suited to the story at all- the girls look like Precious Moments!

I mentioned that I enjoyed this book despite not remembering Just Ella very well, but I have to amend that to say that if I had had a clearer recollection of Ella Brown, her appearance would probably have been my favorite part of the story; this is a book where it's beneficial, though probably not necessary, to read the prequel before the sequel.