Ember: Dark Fairytales (Happily Never After Fairytale Retellings) by H.P. Mallory

Seventh in the Happily Never After Series of dark fairy tale retellings… I have no room in my life for any men, let alone three… My name is Ember, better known as Cinderella. I rely on two things in my life: cleanliness and order. Owing to a traumatic childhood, I’ve got OCD and I cling to control, doing my best to avoid people and men, in particular. The only thing I care about is my job—and deciphering the maps I’m paid to interpret. When a handsome stranger named Aimes Padmoore comes to my cartography office in Sweetland, claiming he needs my help decoding a map that belonged to the Blue Faerie, I want nothing more than to assist him and send him on his way. What I’m not counting on is another meeting with the young man who, this time, brings a friend—the prince of Sweetland—Blake Nonpereil. And Blake is just as handsome as Aimes, which causes me quite a bit of angst because both men are nothing but trouble as far as I’m concerned. When Aimes and Blake declare their wish for me to travel with them while they attempt to recover yet another map, I staunchly refuse. But when a third man gets involved, Vaughn, he forces my hand by targeting me where I’m most vulnerable—my family. Forced into traveling with all three men into the Anoka desert and beyond, I find I might end up needing them just as much as they need me. The Happily Never After Series: 10 Champions destined to defeat an evil that threatens to wipe out the land of Fantasia... Featuring: Snow White, Goldilocks, Rose Red, Sleeping Beauty, Tinkerbell, Cinderella, Little Bo-Peep, Belle, The Little Mermaid, and Red Riding Hood Read more