With the world of the faerie forever altered by her decision, Faenwick has retreated into the world of men. Fearing her own kind, wrestling with both guilt and acceptance, the last thing she expects — or wants — is a visitor from the world of magic. Su Lin, however, will not be denied in her quest to find the last apprentice from a line of fairy godmothers whose secret must be remembered ... and whose story may be the only hope Faenwick has of keeping her promise and accepting the fate of the faeries. Woven from Chinese fairytales, Russian folk tales, and strong threads of the Dark Woods' own myth, the third book in A FAIRY'S TALE spans a time of ancient courts, forgotten queens, and dark secrets reawakened by a treacherous Queen out of time, and transform the world's most legendary among the human faeries into something truly impossible: a mortal human.