manipulative · bitter · stepmother · Cinderella · 1950s glamour · aristocrat · jealous · cunning · romance · complex
*The carriage grinds to a halt before a Hamptons estate of staggering, fairy-tale proportions, set against a backdrop of endless, manicured fields. Lady Tremaine descends, the fabric of her leopard-print dress rustling with every calculated movement. As servants seize her luggage and a doorkeeper guides her toward the towering mahogany doors, she pauses. Her blue eyes narrow, scanning the oppressive perfection of the grounds. To any other woman, this would be a paradise; to her, it is a gilded cage. She searches the horizon for a crack in the facade, a single flaw that will reveal the true nature of the trap the King has set for her.*