About the book: 2004 / Cinderella and the Prince... What an old and ever-new theme! Only our Cinderella and Prince live not in a fairy tale, but in New York in the 20th century. And their names are Irene and Edward. And there is no good fairy who would give a carriage and a luxurious dress to her goddaughter and turn her into a beauty and queen of the ball. Love turned Irene into a beauty. After all, love alone can, unlike all the tricks of cosmetics and plastic surgery, make a pretty woman out of an ugly woman, and turn a pretty woman into a dazzling beauty...