Cruel Truth
by Jen Calonita (Author)
What if Anita and Cruella were best friends?
It’s 1953, and teenage Anita Weatherby and her family have just moved to a booming postwar London. While her older sister settles right in, to the delight of their parents, Anita finds their new school—and her academic rival, Roger Radcliffe—daunting. Nothing seems to be going Anita’s way until a glamorous, confident new student moves to town. Stella De Vil is haughty and aloof—but surprises everyone by taking an immediate liking to Anita.
It’s 1953, and teenage Anita Weatherby and her family have just moved to a booming postwar London. While her older sister settles right in, to the delight of their parents, Anita finds their new school—and her academic rival, Roger Radcliffe—daunting. Nothing seems to be going Anita’s way until a glamorous, confident new student moves to town. Stella De Vil is haughty and aloof—but surprises everyone by taking an immediate liking to Anita.
Swept into the luxurious world of Stella’s highend family fashion label, Anita soon finds herself the anticipated star of the House of De Vil’s next fashion show, where she’ll be modelling a family heirloom, the Weatherby diamond, and walking the catwalk with two adorable Dalmatian puppies to raise awareness for a local animal shelter.
But when disaster strikes and the Weatherby diamond goes missing, Anita will have to decide whom she can trust before her life goes to the dogs.
Twisted Tales Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Twisted TalesReading level: 12+
Books in series: 22
Read in order? No
Next release: April 2026
Tags: fairy tales fantasy adventure magic romance myth & legend
Print series book list
Books in series order
+ A Twisted Tale Anthology (2023)1. A Whole New World (2015)
2. Once Upon A Dream (2016)
3. As Old As Time (2016)
4. Reflection (2018)
5. Part of Your World (2018)
6. Mirror, Mirror (2019)
7. Conceal, Don't Feel (2019)
8. Straight On Till Morning (2020)
9. So This Is Love (2020)
10. Unbirthday (2020)
11. Go the Distance (2021)
12. What Once Was Mine (2021)
13. Almost There (2022)
14. Set in Stone (2023)
15. When You Wish Upon a Star (2023)
16. Suddenly Super (2023)
17. Fate Be Changed (2024)
18. Princess of Thieves (2024)
19. Sally's Lament (2024)
20. Cruel Truth (2025)
21. How Far I'll Go (2025)