Cinder House

Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous,yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya MarskeΓÇöa queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. Ella is a haunting. Murdered at sixteenher ghost is furiously trapped in her father’s houseinvisible to everyone except her stepmother and stepsisters. Even when she discovers how to untether herself from her prisonthere are limits. She cannot be seen or heard by the living people who surround her. Her family must never learn she is able to leave. And at the stroke of every midnightshe finds herself back on the staircase where she died. Until she forges a wary friendship with a fairy charm-sellerand makes a bargain for three nights of almost-living freedom. Freedom that means she can finally be seen. Danced with. Touched. You think you know Ella’s story: the ballthe magical shoesthe handsome prince. You’re halfway rightand all-the-way wrong. Rediscover a classic fairy tale in this debut novella from \