Cinder House by Freya Marske
Ella was dead, to begin with. Murdered at the young age of 16, she is now a ghost that haunts her once family home. Her father died shortly after her, but his spirit did not linger. However, his second wife and her two wicked daughters do. Worse, when they learned of Ella, they put her to work even to the extreme of marring the house so hurt her as Ella and the house have been woven together. Ella learns of her abilities and her restrictions bit by bit. When she ultimately finds a way to leave the estate's grounds for a time, she strikes a bargain with a fairy. In exchange for procuring particular items, the fairy grants Ella three days of corporeality--just in time to attend the season's most lush balls. But when Ella makes a connection with a cursed prince and his magical bride-to-be, danger begins to close in on the three. They must all act and think quickly to save each other and, perhaps, find a way to intertwine their lives--such that they are. I went into Cinder House ...
