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Pieces in the Cinders2022-09-25T11:25:59-06:00

She’ll reduce the world to cinders to solve her father’s murder.

Fairy tales collide in this explosive new YA retelling by Emilee King. When Stella discovers the truth about her father’s death, she’ll stop at nothing to bring his killer to justice—even if the murderer is her own stepmother.

Once upon a time there was a girl who slept by the hearth in the ashes, waiting for her chance to catch fire and burn.

Ever since Stella’s father died of an illness on a merchant trip, her life has been nothing but loneliness and misery, made even worse by her resentful stepmother, Natalia, who ignores her unless there are chores to be done. Stella dreams of escaping with her best friend Izzy—who has problems of her own—to explore the kingdom of Elaria. Her plans screech to a halt, however, when she overhears Natalia talking to a royal guard about a murder investigation: her father’s. Suddenly, everything Stella has ever known about her life breaks into pieces of carefully constructed lies.

Determined to prove her stepmother guilty, Stella teams up with Izzy and a few new allies to find her missing godmother and discover the truth—no matter the cost.


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“Once I got the book I honestly couldn’t put it down. I find Emilee’s books inspiring and this one was no exception. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!”

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A must read!

“It’s a unique and gritty (but not excessively so) take on an old classic. Definitely not your grandmother’s Cinderella.”

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Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom there was a beautiful girl named Margaret who— 

“Why do they always have to be beautiful?” Stella cut in, dunking another grimy plate in the sink full of sudsy water. It wasn’t that Stella didn’t like when Izzy read to her, but sometimes she was so sick of her own problems that she didn’t want to hear about anyone else’s, whether they were real or not. “It’s ridiculous.”

She stacked the clean plate on the counter with the others, and grabbed the next unwashed one, turning her back on Izzy, who was huddled on a broken chair at their rickety table. Hopefully it didn’t collapse under the weight of the book—Stella didn’t want to give her stepmother another reason to scream at her. 

Izzy didn’t break her eyes from the book she’d been reading aloud from, mumbling something noncommittal in response. Often, to Stella’s aggravation, once Izzy found herself in a story, it was a fight to drag her back out.

“And what does that mean, anyway?” Stella went on, annoyed she was so annoyed over something so trivial. “‘Once upon a time’? A time of what? Why does everything have to start with unrealistically beautiful girls and vague one-liner cliches?”

Blowing a piece of hair out of her face, Izzy just shrugged and kept reading.

There was a beautiful girl named Margaret who lived in the village along the river with her parents and two younger brothers. Though the toils of life wore harshly on the poor family, the girl managed to live a happy childhood— 

Stella snorted. “Beautiful and a happy childhood? Fairy tale, for sure.”

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