Once upon a time, I was a typical foster kid – overlooked, bounced around, and just waiting until I was old enough to get out. Some girls in my situation might dream of being a secret fairy princess, but not me. I simply wanted a chance.
It came by accident when a bird flew into my latest home. No big deal, right? Except that was all it took to get noticed. Now I’m heading to Silver Oaks Institute, an elite private college with very specific acceptance criteria. My caseworker got me an interview on a technicality – and when they say elite, they mean it.
See, this is a school for fae and half fae refugees. Just one little problem with that: I’m human – completely, totally, and without a doubt. There’s not a drop of magic or fae blood in me, just a few coincidences that keep happening around me.
I somehow have to navigate the rules of the fae, too many arrogant people, a suite-mate who’s so pretty she has to be using a glamour – and now that bird is back. Yet in a school filled with secrets and magic, how was I to know being normal might make me the most interesting thing here?
Interesting enough that this is starting to feel like a fairytale.
I’m not the princess, though. I’m going to be the knight in shining armor.
Being human, my life at Silver Oaks isn’t quite a fairytale. This is a school for fae refugees, and I’m not one. Instead, I’m going to be a knight in shining armor – wielding the one thing none of them want to be around: iron.
I’m just not very good at being a hero. My magic is dangerous to the fae. My cool new powers include doing all the things they can’t, and yet somehow I’m supposed to be their champion? Sadly, this whole thing doesn’t come with a manual. But that’s ok. I’m not good at following directions anyway.
So I’m making it up as I go, which basically means protecting my friends. It doesn’t matter if that’s from rumors which cut deep, magical malfunctions, or the nuances of seasonal politics. I’m going to figure this stuff out, because I finally found where I belong – the one place where being all wrong makes me just right.
I may have started out in the ashes of burned bridges, but love is driving me. The kind I have for my new-found family, my friends, and the pretty pixie who is so much more than my best friend. The best part is that instead of some fairy godmother, I ended up with a kick-ass crow.
Together, we will make monsters into Prince Charmings.
And when the spell wears off, I might actually find my own happily ever after – or die trying.
Being human at a school for fae was never going to be simple—but now it’s full-on chaos.
Turns out, my closest friends are fae royalty in hiding. Or… they were hiding. The Winter Queen’s been revealed. The Summer Prince is making it clear “charming” doesn’t describe him. Yet instead of tearing each other apart like the stories say they should, they’re in this together.
Yeah. That doesn’t fit the concept of a divided kingdom at all.
See, the legends say Winter is evil. The rumors claim that if it falls, Summer will rise. It’s all just a bunch of cheap cliches, but the one thing everyone agrees on? The two courts are meant to stay separate. So now Winter-born students are being attacked, and like a curse, no one knows who’ll get hit next.
Which is why we need to act like heroes.
I’ve got friends worth fighting for, a school worth saving, lovers to kiss, and a really bad habit of running straight at danger. Lucky for me, so do my friends. Together, we’re going to prove the Mad Queen has been wrong all along.
Because this fight isn’t about a crown, or a season.
It’s about finding a happily ever after for everyone.
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