When she woke up in a strange place with a new name, it wasn't anything new. Verucca was a character. She existed only to fulfill the will of the Author and further a Story. But this time was different. Waking, she finds that she is not the ugly stepmother, evil witch, or abusive parent. She's successful with a handsome fiance. As she tries to figure out what the Story could be, she sees only a Happily Ever After in her future. She's a bit of a hard taskmaster, so maybe it's a Christmas Carol kind of story, where she learns her lesson at the end. After all, she does have her very own Bob Crotchet. Or, because she's not the most beautiful woman in the world, maybe it's a Make Over story, where her fiance will realize he loved her all along. Shallow, but she'll take it. Then, things start to go wrong. Verucca realizes she is not the heroine, that this is not her Happily Ever After. She's supposed to just sit back and let the Author take control and tell the Story. She's supposed to allow herself to be regulated to the ugly woman and let the real - and beautiful - heroine shine. Not this time Verucca wants her Happily Ever After, and she's willing to fight the will of the Author to get it "