Books by F. D. Lee

What happens when Cinderella refuses to be Cinderella?

Meet Bea, an underestimated cabbage fairy desperate to prove her worth as a fairy godmother. After years of being overlooked, she is finally given a chance—a straightforward Cinderella story. The catch? Bea has one week to get her unsuspecting Cinderella to fall in love and marry the king or be redacted.

Luckily, Bea’s heroine is beautiful, impoverished, and kind. The sort of girl who bakes cakes and sings to animals. Of course she’ll want to marry the king. That's what every beautiful, impoverished, kind girl wants! Isn’t it…?

Bea soon discovers her heroine has different ambitions. And that isn't the only problem. The ugly stepsister has plans of her own, while the mysterious Royal Advisor—a character who isn't even in this plot!—knows far more about Bea’s task than he should.

As Bea starts to question the stories she's always believed in, she discovers that Happily Ever After comes with rules: who gets to be good, who gets to be bad, and who gets to be happy.

Now Bea must decide whether to complete the story she's been given or write her own ending, even if it means being redacted…

Exactly how far will Bea go to do the right thing?
And is she prepared to confront the dreaded, three-headed Beast to do it...?

After years of rejection, Bea's finally going to train at the prestigious Academy, where all Godmothers learn their craft. So what if she's sharing a room with the oddest siblings imaginable, her old bully is making her life miserable, and failing her midterms could get her expelled? No one ever said becoming a Godmother was easy!

But beneath the Academy's respectable façade, all is not as it seems. There are strange goings-on in the woodshed, and whispers of a ghost are spreading across campus. And when fear takes hold, it's never a good time to be the odd one out. So Bea is determined to study hard and absolutely not draw attention to herself - until she comes face to face with the figure haunting the Academy halls.

Now Bea has a mystery to solve, exams to pass, and a ghost to deal with. Naturally, that's when an unwelcome visitor arrives at her door, begging for help...

Seven, the last surviving genie, is out for revenge.

Betrayed by the woman he loves, kidnapped, tortured, and separated from the source of his power, Seven’s only goal is to punish the people who have wronged him.

Until he’s forced to work with Amelia.

Amelia is bright, precocious and has no time for his vendetta. She's building an orrery, a machine designed to map the planets, and has been promised a permanent home with the Sisterhood of Cultivators if she succeeds. 

But the orrery is a lot more than a simple machine—it's also a doorway. And when a door is left open, anything might come through…

Can Seven put aside his own wishes to become the hero who saves the world? More importantly, does he even want to?

The last surviving city of the fae is about to fall, and only one person can save it.

The Mirrors are decimated. Travel to and from the human world has ground to a halt. Ænathlin stands on the brink of destruction.

The signs are everywhere. Food and supplies are running low. Support for the anti-fairy group Ænathlin Again is growing. And before year’s end, a cascade—an irreversible collapse—will tear their world apart.

As Head of the Redaction Department, Julia has spent years protecting the city from those who threaten it. Now, with the General Administration in disarray and civil war looming, she is ready to take responsibility for Ænathlin’s future:

She knows what needs to be done.
She knows what is at stake.
She knows what Ænathlin needs.

Julia will save the city. And the mortal gods help anyone who stands in her way...

All Bea’s done is make mistakes. Now her friends are paying the price…

Once upon a time, a lowly cabbage fairy ran away to Ӕnathlin, the last surviving city of the fae, centre of the stories, and home of the General Administration. She was going to be the first fairy to become a godmother and run the best Plots anyone had ever seen.

Only things didn’t work out like that. Not even close.

Banished and alone, Bea has convinced herself that staying away from the people she loves is the only way to keep them safe. She’s setting out to find the Pathways Tree, a journey that will take her far beyond the world she knows.

So when Seven and Hemmings suddenly appear, she’s less than thrilled. Worse, they’re searching for the Pathways Tree too. Unfortunately, getting rid of a genie on a journey of redemption and an elf with delusional optimism is a lot harder than she expected.

Now she must get all three of them safely through the treacherous Sheltering Forest if she’s ever to find the mythical Pathways Tree.

Bea knows she’s not the fairy for the job. Every decision she’s made has led to disaster, and her friends keep paying the price.

But with the fate of the world resting on her discovering the Pathways Tree, what choice does she have?

What if everything you've given your life for is a lie?

The Company asks three things of its agents:

• Do not stop taking the pills.
• Do not deviate from the brief.
• Do not trust anyone from the past.

Kong's spent his life following these rules. The Company raised him. Trained him. Gave him purpose: to keep humanity safe, the timeline must be protected. It's a thankless, soul-destroying task. After all, people will always choose greed, apathy, and convenience. But at least his job matters - or so he tries to believe.

Then he meets Joe.

Beautiful, infuriating, and impossible to ignore, Joe claims the timeline Kong's spent his life protecting is a lie. That the future isn't fixed, and the people Kong hunts may be the only ones trying to set things right.

Now Kong is caught between the Company that raised him and a man they call a terrorist. A man who may be the first person to ever tell him the truth. And he needs to pick a side quickly, because time is finally running out...