At twenty-eight years old, all Gwen Winters has to show for herself is a relationship in shambles. While her best friend is getting married and moving on, Gwen can’t help but wonder if she will ever obtain the life she’s always dreamed of.

Just as things start looking up, an unfortunate encounter with a cryptic fortune teller instantly turns her entire world upside down. Gwen is snatched from the familiarity of her reality and finds herself trapped in a terrifying and magical realm where nothing is as it seems.

In this strange new world, fairytale characters are real…but these are not the stories she’d always been told. Red Riding Hood’s wolf is bewitched, the mermaids are murderous, and Prince Charming is far from the hero.

Even the smooth-talking pirate captain is not the complete scoundrel she thought he’d be. With his help, Gwen sets out on a daring journey to seek the one person who can help her get back home.

In this high-stakes adventure that she never asked for, danger lurks around every corner. Trust is hard to earn—and even harder to give.

And while her ill-fated feelings reluctantly grow, Gwen must consider if, like everything else she misunderstood about the fables, happy endings just don’t exist. .