Dead Queen Walking — Tansy Rayner Roberts

Once upon a time, Ella of Charming made a wish to become a fairy tale Queen, and won her happy ever after. But that was before the child was stolen, before the spinning wheel curse, and the lost decades fighting monsters in a dream world while life went on without her.Now her sons are all grown up, her husband is a tree, her daughter is missing after a magical meltdown… and none of her Royal gowns have enough pockets for all her weapons.Welcome back to Charming, a kingdom full of hot mess Royals, the Hounds who love them, and beanstalks that bite back. Will Kai and Dennis sacrifice love for duty? Will Ziyi finally make amends to the family she abandoned? Will Camilla’s magic doom them all?