Seventeen-year-old Violet is amazed when a storm brings the dashing Prince Richard to her impoverished familys farm. The two fall in love at first sight, but although Richard has given his heart to Violet, his parents will only let him marry a princess of their choosing, a lady of the highest nobility and sensitivity. Now on a quest to be reunited with her true love, Violet must rely on her witsand a little help from an unexpected sourceto compete with princesses, pass the king and queens tests, and prove herself worthy of being Richards bride.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Once Upon a Tim .

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 224 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster .