Cinderella is married to The Prince, and the Evil Stepsisters are banished to a pocket dimension for their punishment and rehabilitation. It's Happily Ever After.Or is it? Jane and Charlie have been imprisoned for two years now, serving a sentence especially chosen by their stepsister as justice for her sufferings. It seems that they're the only two people in the world besides Ellen who know that Ellen's "sufferings" were a carefully manipulative campaign to win a prince and a crown; the two stepsisters merely collateral damage. But now, trouble is brewing at the castle: death threats, torn gowns, ruined books. Is Ellen up to her old tricks, or is someone really trying to kill her? And when even their closest friends didn't believe them innocent the first time, can Jane and Charlie escape the blame a second time if Ellen does die?

What happened to the tie frog? What is the best way of disposing of vampiric watermelon? Exactly how do you get rid of goblins in the spare room?Friends and foes, Between and Behind—all the little pieces and curiosities that make up Pet's new world—are here to be seen and delighted in, and put on the shelf beside books 1-10.Featuring Cloudy with a Chance of Dropbears, All the Different Shades of Blue, and every other Short Thing formerly found on the WR(ite) Blog, along with previously unpublished novelettes and three new, never-before-seen short stories, this compilation completes the main City Between series.

A groom with a beard of blue, a bride in lace of gold, and a house running red with blood...Returning to Glause from a diplomatic mission with her own personal cohort of Horselords, Susan Farrah is looking forward to a hot meal and a good night's sleep at the closest inn. Once ensconced in her room, however, what she finds is a frightened young woman in golden lace hiding in her wardrobe. The next morning, Susan learns that her late-night visitor was a new bride, passing through the town on her way to the castle on the hill—the latest in a long line of castle brides, and the only one still alive. No one seems to know if the house itself is consuming bride after bride, or if the groom is marrying and then murdering his brides for reasons of his own.Obviously, someone needs to do something—and luckily, the castle has an opening for a maid. All Susan needs to do is stash her favourite Glausian Horselord in the pantry for a few nights to watch her...

She’s not a princess . . . but then, he’s no prince. High in a tower, behind an impenetrable barrier of magical thorns, Poly sleeps, dreams, and falls ever deeper into her curse. Woken by a kiss, she finds herself in an alien world where three hundred years have passed and everyone she has ever known is dead. Who cursed Poly? Why can't she stop falling asleep? And why does her hair keep growing?

He’s dead. She’s not- but someone is poisoning her. When Ruth, sick and ailing, moves into her inherited estate in England, she brings with her a stepmother and a stepsister- and a murderer. But that’s nothing compared with what she finds there… George is dead, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a bit of fun. Unfortunately for Ruth, his idea of fun is making sure that his new friend stays with him. Forever. Can Ruth survive a poisoning murderer and a murderous ghost, or will her inheritance be the death of her? THIS IS A SHORT STORY