By one vote, Lady Tremaine (2026) secured the top spot for September’s book club pick!
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Find the book:
Check your local library! I like the Libby and Overdrive apps to borrow ebooks and audiobooks. This book got a huge marketing push and large print run, so chances are good that your library has a large amount of print copies.
I've got both the audiobook and the ebook on Libby through my local library. The audiobook is read by Bessie Carr, best known as one of the older Featherington sisters in Bridgerton.
Publisher's description:
Everyone said she was wicked. Now Cinderella's stepmother tells her own story...
After the death of her second husband, Lady Etheldreda Verity Isolde Tremaine Bramley is solely responsible for her two daughters, Rosamund and Mathilde, her simpering stepdaughter Elin, a razor-taloned peregrine falcon, and a crumbling manor buried in the woods.When a royal ball offers the chance to change their fortunes, Ethel risks her pride in pursuit of an invitation for all three of girls - only for her hopes to be fulfilled by the wrong Elin.Yet as her stepdaughter's engagement to the future king unfolds, Ethel discovers a sordid secret hidden in the depths of the royal family, forcing her to choose between the security she craves and the feckless stepdaughter who has rebuffed her at every turn...
Bridgerton meets Circe in this breathtaking reimagining of one of the world's most iconic fairytales, Cinderella.
A note on content
I have not read this book! You can read user-submitted content notes on Storygraph, which flag violence and SA among many other potentially troubling elements.