"She'll keep you up long past your bedtime." — #1New York Timesbestselling author Stephen King"The prolific Lackey (the Valdemar series) draws on the darker, Brothers Grimm side of fairy lore for her enchanting tale..." — Publisher's WeeklyIn the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale....THE FAIRY GODMOTHERElena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella—until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! So she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with "The Tradition" was no easy matter—until she got a little help from her own fairy godmother. Who promptly offered Elena a most unexpected job....Now, instead of sleeping in the chimney, she has to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who keep trying to rise above their place in the tale. And there's one in...