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Camille Lammenais has grown up in the beauty of the Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family’s vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and chateau modelled after Christophe’s ancient family estate in his native Bordeaux. Camille has had a perfect childhood, safe in her parents’ love. After graduating from Stanford, she returns to help manage Chateau Joy, her lifetime goal. But their fairytale ends suddenly with her mother’s death.

Six months after losing his wife, the devastated Christophe is easy prey for a mysterious, charming Frenchwoman visiting the valley. Camille, still grieving for her mother, is shocked by the news that her father intends to remarry. Then she begins to see past the alluring looks, designer clothes and elegant manners of the countess, while her innocent father is trapped in her web...

Fairytale is captivating example of the truths that will always withstand even the darkest storms, and a reminder that sometimes fairytales do come true, and good prevails over evils in the end. 

Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow takes solace in the mysteries she reads with her devoted father. As she grows older, she’s writing dark crime stories that reflect a talent far beyond her years. Orphaned at 14, she’s taken in by nuns at a local Boston convent where she finds the time and encouragement to pursue her gift. 

Midway through college she finishes a novel, finds an agent and then a publisher. But as Alexandra climbs the ladder of publishing success, she follows her father’s advice and writes under a pseudonym, as a man, creating an isolating and complicated double life. 

Her secret life as the mysterious and brilliantly successful Alexander Green, and her own life as a talented young woman, expose her to the envious, the arrogant, and the Hollywood players who have no idea who she really is. 

Once her double life and fame are established, who can she trust with the truth?