Publisher's Synopsis
Wonderland has been whisked away by the Queen, and Letia has disappeared right along with it. With no one having any idea where Letia is, or what might be happening to her, Sarah, her friends, and her family, are thrust into a very tense position. With Sarah's special connection with Letia she is able to discover where Letia is and the hunt is on to rescue her. But it will not be a simple task, as their quest is taking them all the way to yet another corner of the universe that Sarah did not even know existed. A place where pirates sail the open seas, and children are sheltered by a very determined young man. Along the way Sarah is faced with revelations about Arys' darker side, and his experiences with the Queen. She must once more decide whether she can overlook the actions he has taken in the past. With Letia's life on the line, and Wonderland still missing, there is nothing that Sarah can do but hope that one day she will be able to defeat the Queen. Arys isn't the only one with a past that is being revealed. During their journey to save Letia, Sarah must also navigate some new truths about both her mother and her father. During an attempt to connect with her mother, to understand the truth about what happened during her own childhood, Sarah is given a glimpse into her mother's. It is revealed to her how her mother first met her father, and how their lives became permanently intertwined not just by affection, but by destiny. As Sarah attempts to make sense of all that is revealed to her, she is also confronted by the growing tension between herself and Arys. It seems as though the deeper her love for him becomes, the more intense their encounters inevitably are. She is certain that if she just had a few moments with him, without the constant fear, and the constant fury, they could truly explore their connection. It seems she might finally get that opportunity when Harry shows up with an invitation to a very special celebration. A wedding! Sarah is convinced it is just what they all need in order to lighten the mood in their odd little family. Despite the fact that she is met with very strong resistance from both Arys and Adam, Sarah manages to get her way. Just as she begins to settle into the idea that she might have a real opportunity to connect with Arys and to even just for a second let go of the chaos her life has become, she is faced with the biggest surprise of all. She certainly never expected that there would be a beast invited to the wedding. From the reaction of the other guests, as well as Arys and Adam, she is sure that they didn't expect him either. However to everyone's surprise it is Marian, Sarah's mother, who comes to the defense of the wild animal. Was it a mistake to attend the wedding? Was it a mistake to believe she could ever be strong enough to defeat the Queen? The only thing that Sarah knows for certain, is that everything she ever believed about her life, her childhood, and her family, has turned out to be a lie. With so much to question, and so much more to be wary of, can Sarah find a way to accept these new revelations and move forward? As Sarah, daughter of Alice of Wonderland's, own story unfolds, will she wish that she had simply kept her nose tucked into a book instead of discovering that there was an entire universe that she was blissfully unaware of?
