Every day is the same for Cosette. Get up, clean, make breakfast, and meet her stepmère's and stepsisters' every demand.

That is, until an encounter with a fairy of the forest-or is she a witch?-and an invitation to a fête in honor of Monsieur Gautier promises Cosette's life is about to become the beautiful fairy tale of her dreams.

Or so the story should go.

Except her fairy godmère demands a high price for her help, one Cosette isn't willing to pay. Her stepsisters are as afraid of their mère as Cosette is. Can she truly leave them to their fate? And the handsome Monsieur Gautier hides a dreadful secret, one she's desperate to know-if only she can get close enough.

Cosette is faced with a choice: Should she feign ignorance and accept her happily ever after? Or dig deeper to find what may be lurking beneath?