The Fairy's Tale: Discover the Truth about Fairy Tales: A Fractured Cinderella Retelling

By F.D. Lee

The Fairy's Tale is a must-read for fans of Terry Pratchett and T. Kingfisher. Drawing on the blood and bone of classic fairy tales, F. D. Lee crafts a captivating narrative full of characters that will stay with you long after you finish reading.

Whoever promised all stories end Happily Ever After...?

Meet Bea, an underestimated cabbage fairy desperate to prove her worth as a fairy godmother. Finally given a chance, she realises that creating a Happily Ever After is not as straightforward as she was led to believe.

Bea has one week to get her unsuspecting Cinderella to fall in love and marry the king. It should be easy What kind of beautiful, impoverished girl doesn't dream of true love? But Bea soon finds herself embroiled in a tangled web of fairy tale expectations, as her heroine refuses to play her role and the ugly step-sister schemes against the king. Worse still, the mysterious and handsome Royal Advisor - a character who isn't even in this plot - holds secrets that could shatter everything.

As Bea confronts the realities of the 'simple' stories she's always believed in, she starts to ask a dangerous question: Is she the villain?

The first novel in the wildly popular Pathways Tree series, The Fairy's Tale can be enjoyed as a complete, standalone story or as the beginning of a great adventure
Praise for The Fairy's Tale

★ "I never thought I'd say this, but thank you, F. D. Lee, for my sleepless night "
★ "I devoured this in a day instead of tackling my to-do list "
★ "A fantastic read This subverted fairy tale is a shining example of the genre."
★ "Imagine if Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Emma Newman, and K.E. Mills teamed up for a fairy tale mash-up-this would be it "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507816324
• ISBN13: 9781507816325
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"