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The Moonlight Masquerade

Rachel Morgan

Summary

Cinderella retold: Fae, vampires, shifters, and a Godmother who’ll grant you any wish—if you pay the price.
 
Elle is desperate enough to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do: bargain with the Godmother for a wish. But if she pays the price, it will leave her forever changed.
 
So she makes the daring decision to lie to the Godmother.
 
She’ll pretend to pay the price.
 
Can she get away with her freedom before the Godmother finds out?
 
~ ~ ~
 
This is episode 3 of 6 of a SERIALIZED Cinderella retelling. It is not novel-length. Expect cliffhangers! Approximately 23,000 words or 100 print pages.
 
**Prefer to binge-read all the episodes together? Look for City of Wishes: The Complete Cinderella Story**
 
~ ~ ~
 
In a world of fae, vampires and shifters, where wishes can be bought and bargained for, Elle is human, bound to her stepmother by a slave charm. Her only hope at freedom is to wish for it. But the Godmother rules the illegal wish trade, and the price she demands is steep. Is Elle willing to pay it?

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Rachel Morgan

Rachel Morgan spent a good deal of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making, crafting endless stories of make-believe and occasionally writing some of them down. After completing a...

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This is episode 2 of 6 of a SERIALIZED Cinderella retelling. It is not novel-length. Expect cliffhangers! Approximately 25,000 words or 110 print pages.
 
**Prefer to binge-read all the episodes together? Look for City of Wishes: The Complete Cinderella Story**
 
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Elle is desperate enough to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do: bargain with the Godmother for a wish. But if she pays the price, it will leave her forever changed.
 
So she makes the daring decision to lie to the Godmother.
 
She’ll pretend to pay the price.
 
Can she get away with her freedom before the Godmother finds out?
 
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This is episode 3 of 6 of a SERIALIZED Cinderella retelling. It is not novel-length. Expect cliffhangers! Approximately 23,000 words or 100 print pages.
 
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