FCRAs Runner-Up! Take a step back from the Snow White tale you know. Step back to get a better look. Skin pale as snow. Hair black as ebony. Lips red as blood. What does that sound like to you, dear reader? A creature of the dark. One that lives in the shadows, that cowers at the bright glow of the sun, that lives on the blood of others. She's manipulative, or she's magic, for no one seems to see the harm she does. Only the sweet, innocent facade that she puts up. When I married her father, that's all I saw as well. But on his death bed, he made me promise to end her because he never could. I promised him. I failed. • • • As the young Queen Maris is left to rule the icy kingdom her husband left her, dreams of the summer wind in her heart, she's left with the shocking dilemma the king has given her as his dying wish. To kill his only daughter, the beloved and fair Snow White. Maris isn't a killer, but as her rule progresses, she alone begins to see the princess for what she truly is, a bloodthirsty creature that could end up destroying the kingdom of Krithane In an attempt to save the life of a dear friend, Maris hires a Huntsman from the West to take Snow away and kill her. But when Beck comes back empty handed, Maris is left with only one choice. She has to be the one to kill Snow White. With Beck at her side, Maris sets out to rid Krithane of the icy grip that Snow has on it. But how can she defeat her when so many others have failed? Only with more power than Snow can she ever hope to best her, but the only thing that can give her that kind of power is even darker than the creature she's fighting. ----- Thanks to @seventhstar for that gorgeous cover!!!

At the age of seven her mother died, her hope, her rock, her everything... lost because of envy. Winter Edison is a girl living in the medieval ages, a time of Kings and Queens. She is a motherless, abused, and lonely eighteen year old trying to survive in a world that tells her she is not wanted. Then one night in the woods leads Winter Edison into the presence of Bastian Nahario; the future king and her heart beats for the first time. Beats for love, hope, and joy. But, the prince is betrothed to another. What happens when a jealous princess feels threatened by Winter and her beauty? She takes matters into her own hands to destroy her. Will she succeed or fail? In a world of status and the law of royalty only marrying royalty, will Winter retreat from Bastian and ignore her pressing feelings? Or will she forget the laws and let her heart take her to where it belongs? Also will news of Winter's beginnings destroy all that she has worked for? All her mother worked to keep from her? TW: Domestic Abuse, mentions of child abuse Published 2/4/18 Disclaimer! I do not own copyright to the picture on the cover. If anyone knows who the artist it please let me know so I can give credit!!!

Genevieve Glass is a shoemaker. In her small village, she hides an unknown talent behind the face of Madame Claudia's Shoe Emporium. Genevieve's employer hates her, and treats her like a workhorse, but the job is all she has to support herself. But when a request is hand delivered to Genny, the only one left at the shop one night, her life has a chance to change for the better. This request is for the fair Princess Selena, who needs the best set of shoes for an upcoming ball. Seeing her chance to find a better future, Genevieve works in secret for weeks to make the best pair of shoes in the whole kingdom. But when she goes to deliver the shoes, she finds more at the Palace than just an just an employer. In a debacle over glass shoes, Genny heads to the ball to talk to the Princess herself. After some confusion, they become fast friends. Putting a twist on the classic Cinderella tale, Genevieve puts her career, her reputation, and most of all- her heart -on the line. Everything rests upon a pair of shoes.

"Don't judge a book by its cover." Rhia Franklin was a Two and a model, living in the lap of luxury. The tabloids always made her out to be stuck up and offensive, when Rhia was the opposite. She hated the way people saw her, and strived to change their opinions although it just didn't work out. Every time she mustered the courage to stand against her image, she was swarmed with the attention she couldn't stand, and backed out. However, when the Selection rolls around and Rhia is chosen, she has some tough decisions to make. Try to win the heart of the Prince, and become Princess of Illeá, or wait to be sent home to return to Ben, her childhood friend that she has uncovered feelings towards? As she faces this internal conflict, Rhia's honesty and sleuthing skills are put to the test. It seems that she isn't the only one who has eyes on the Prince, and not everyone is willing to play nice.

I'm not who they think I am. A docile girl who meekly obeys her stepmother and stepsisters. Some kind of sick angel who cheerfully bears their mistreatment. That's what I WANT them to think. Because then they won't suspect what I'm really up to. The ball, the prince - it's all part of my plan to come out on top. Stepmother and her demented daughters will pay for every floor I have scoured, every sneer I have borne. They don't know about the white magic, how I use it to enhance myself. They can't see that my heart is black as midnight, rotten as a poisoned apple. They're about to find out.