Celebrity TV Reporter Sylvia Stark is determined to find a real investigative news story instead of the fluff she usually covers. She discovers just what shes searching for in the most unlikely person: Cinderellas evil stepmother, Charlotte Johansson Baker. Sylvia decides its time this infamous old crone tells her side of the story, since everyone knows all about Cinderella.

Since the story broke twenty years earlier, Cinderella has become societys image of female perfection. She is the lowly, downtrodden young maiden who suffers the injustice of others with grace, never getting angryalways beautiful and yet also dignified. She embodies the ideal values of goodness and ultimate virtue, as well as finding true love.

However, what if all thats just a bunch of bull? After talking to the cursed stepmother, Sylvias world is turned upside-down. Then, she and her cameraman are kidnapped and rescued bywho else?Humpty Dumpty. Sylvia is now more determined than ever to find out the truth of whats really going on in the magical land where fairy tales began.

J. L. Higgs was born in Florida but grew up on a cattle station in the Australian Outback. After retiring from a career in Medical Administration due to health issues, she now lives in Werribee, Victoria, with her husband and a budgie named Huey. She has two children and two stepchildren.