Description

She’s been sending him evidence for nine months—tonight he wants the truth.

Billionaire Des Khoury has fallen for his anonymous correspondent, a brilliant woman who’s been feeding him evidence of corporate fraud through increasingly intimate letters. He doesn’t know her name, but he knows her mind—and he’s desperate to meet the mystery woman who sets his blood on fire with every handwritten word.

Joanna Kellerman has been writing to Des while working as a floor manager at the hotel her stepmother is systematically stealing from her family. Tonight at the Sapphire Gala, she’ll deliver the final evidence and disappear forever. What she doesn’t expect is Des hunting his letter-writer through the crowd—or becoming obsessed with a sharp-tongued employee who keeps slipping past his security team.

Three electric encounters later, Jo drops her evidence and runs, leaving behind a scuffed work shoe and a note that changes everything. When Des realizes the two women driving him crazy are the same person, he moves Jo into his office for “protection.” Eight hours a day of fighting their attraction while building a case. Their letters promised intimacy—their proximity promises to ignite months of built-up desire.

But Jo’s stepmother is playing for keeps, and when she threatens to destroy everything Jo holds dear, Des must choose between protecting his source and claiming the woman he’s falling for. Some fairy tales are worth fighting for.

This Fairytale Retelling — Cinderella romance includes:

• Dual identity with explosive revelation
• Anonymous correspondence turned scorching reality
• Workplace forced proximity
• Billionaire hero who falls first
• Evil stepmother fraud conspiracy

Spicy heat — perfect for fans of Meghan March, Clare Connelly, and Kennedy Ryan.

How This Manuscript Was Created

This first draft has been generated and refined through a 7-pass professional editing pipeline:

1. First Draft — chapter-by-chapter writing using the codex and outline
2. Developmental Assessment — whole-manuscript review for plot, structure, character arcs, pacing
3. Apply Dev Notes — per-chapter revision addressing the developmental review
4. Line Edit — sentence-level prose, dialogue, and voice polish per chapter
5. Continuity Audit — full-manuscript consistency check (names, timeline, codex alignment)
6. Apply Continuity Fixes — per-chapter corrections from the audit
7. Proofread — final per-chapter polish for typos, grammar, and lingering issues

Manuscript Details

• Word Count: 107,634 words
• Length Category: Novel (60000-100000 words)
• Chapters: 28
• Subgenre: Fairytale Retelling — Cinderella
• Heat Level: Spicy
• Tone: Angsty
• POV: Dual POV (alternating), 1st Person, Present tense
• Tropes: dual identity, billionaire hero, anonymous correspondence, workplace forced proximity, evil stepmother fraud
• Hero: Desmond
• Heroine: Joanna