Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wronged Princess | 2012 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 2 | Cinderella: Fables are Forever | 2012 | Kathy L. Wheeler | N/A |
| 3 | The Unlikely Heroine | 2012 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 4 | The Surprising Enchantress | 2013 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 5 | The English Lily | 2013 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 6 | Cinderella in the Surf | 2014 | Kathy L. Wheeler | N/A |
| 7 | The Price of Scorn | 2015 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
The Cinderella series gives Kathy L. Wheeler room to experiment. Each of the seven books takes the basic Cinderella framework — an overlooked woman, a transformation, a potential match who sees her worth — and places it somewhere new. Some entries stay in historical settings like Regency England; others move the story to the American coast or into contemporary life.
The Wronged Princess opened the series in 2012 and set the tone: Wheeler treats the source material as a starting point rather than a script. Her heroines aren’t passive; they have goals, opinions, and reasons for their choices beyond waiting to be noticed. The fairy-tale elements are present but light.
Because each book stands on its own, the Cinderella series is a good introduction to Wheeler’s range. Readers who want Regency will find it here; those who prefer contemporary settings can go straight to Cinderella in the Surf. The final entry, The Price of Scorn, arrived in 2015.