On the night of her engagement to Prince Asher of Cendril, Princess Neve of Hercynia is poisoned and falls into a deathlike sleep that baffles the kingdom. Desperate to save her, Neve's lifelong best friend and lady-in-friend Louisa travels to Cendril looking for answers.

In Cendril, Ella is working herself to the bone in order to provide for sick step-mother and step-siblings. When the bills begin to stack up, desperate for some extra coin, she turns to the notorious queen of Cendril's underworld Lady Nyx for work. With Prince Asher returning home from his stalled engagement, Ella is given a job that puts everyone she loves in danger.

As Princess Zara prepares for her royal tour, a sudden assassination attempt puts everything to a halt. Convinced her attack and Princess Neve's poisoning are connected, Zara enlists the help of a handsome guard to find out the truth.

Lady Lily is sick of her strict aristocratic life. Desperate for fun and any excuse to rebel, she meets a street thug with a secret that could get her killed.

Retellings of classic fairytales, A Taste of Bittersweet tells the stories of four young women with seemingly unconnected lives who are forced together to solve a mystery before it threatens to destroy the peace throughout the kingdoms they call home.