Cinderella

Cinderella is a European folktale also finding root in several other cultures. It uses the myth-element of unjust oppression and has become an archetype for several versions of the story.

Basic Elements
Cinderella lives with an evil mother figure and sister figures after her father has passed away or she has been removed from her home. They reduce her to servitude and take advantage of her good and gentle nature.

A fairy godmother figure comes to aid Cinderella and she is able to meet a prince and fall in love.

Cinderella is separated or alienated from the prince. He must search for her and they marry.

The Masked Slipper
The first book in Tales of Evermagic is a Cinderella story. It is the setup and introduction for the rest of the series, establishing the idea of fairy tale relivings and the lack of fairy godmothers.

The Masked Slipper
The first Cinderella story of Evermagic is ''The Masked Slipper. ''Nicolette, a Cinderella, knows her story and dreads it. She refuses to play into the magic's hands but finds herself slipping down the path into her role. Psychologically abused, she doesn't believe she can ever have a happy ever after, and so does everything she can to prevent expectations.

When she's brought in to marry the prince and not the man she met at the ball however, she must try to puzzle the pieces together of not only her fairy tale that's gone awry, but a new one that just might explain who her prince really is.