Two sisters. One enchanted forest. And a hidden destiny that could doom them both...

All her life, Rose has yearned for magic - especially when she arrives at the castle beside the Darkwood and discovers that her new stepsister, Princess Neeve, is hiding strange powers of her own.

Burning with curiosity, Rose follows her stepsister into the enchanted shadows beneath the trees. There, she finds Thorne, the Dark Elf guardian of the woods, who saves her from dangerous creatures and binds her to the Darkwood, forbidding her to speak of its mysteries.

Still, Rose continues to risk everything in her quest for answers, until the day she steals into the depths of the forest and discovers the most perilous secret of all...