The Glass Rainbow: 3 (The Cracked Slipper)

Four years have passed since Eleanor Brice Desmaraiss darkest secret came to heartbreaking perilous light. The princess with the cracked glass slipper still mourns unimaginable losses including the deaths of her son and her best friend. Her lover Dorian Finley is in exile in a far northern kingdom. Eleanor and her husband Crown Prince Gregory of Cartheigh barely tolerate one another. Her two daughters are the bright stars in what feels like an existence of endless night.Husband and wife travel north on an unexpected diplomatic mission and Eleanor Dorian and Gregory resume their dangerous love triangle with continued interference from Eleanors wily stepsister. Eleanors old nemesis Ezra Oliver forms a mysterious alliance with an army of vicious bloodthirsty ogres pushing Cartheigh to the brink of war. His magical finagling exposes strange connections between Eleanors world and our own and places her precocious enigmatic daughter Natalie in terrible danger. When Gregory suddenly finds himself king he leans on Dorian and Eleanors counsel. With a fledgling monarch on the throne and the enemy amassing in the north the unlikely triad must unite for the good of the kingdom. Their shared purpose forces Eleanor to rethink years of grudges resentment and animosity. As she truly embraces her own power she finds herself learning to forgive and asking for forgiveness. The long-awaited conclusion to Stephanie Alexanders Cracked Slipper Series brings a satisfying resolution to a beloved fairytale. Eleanors surprisingly relatable enchanted life is a testament to the power of personal evolution and a reminder that there are no simple happy endings.