What happens when the connection you've dreamed of your entire life finally ignites-just as everything you thought you knew crumbles to ash? I've spent years watching him from the shadows, nursing a secret that will never be. Phillip-heir to the lands that make our village-has never looked my way. How could he? I'm nothing more than a servant in my own home. But reports of nightmares are rising in the surrounding towns, and Erebus is showing signs of falling to the nightmares as well. When the Creators of Dreams arrive with warnings of a sister gone rogue-one whose jealous heart threatens to plunge humanity into madness-my dreams start coming to life. The grand ball approaches, and with it, a chance I never dared imagine. Yet as magical intervention opens doors, I begin to understand that some fairy tales come with a price. What happens when the girl who's been hidden away suddenly becomes the key to stopping the oncoming evil? And what happens when the connection you've dreamed of your entire life finally ignites-just as everything you thought you knew crumbles to ash? Cinder's Mate is a Cinderella fairy tale retelling filled with wolf shifters, fated mates, witches, and family.