Thea of Greenthorn wasn't happy, but she was surviving. And when you're in love with the village's golden girl in the rural countryside of a province trying to rebuild after bing ravaged by the fae—that's enough. Until one day, when Thea and her soulmate stumble too far into the Deep, a forest with magical connections that leads to Thea making an irrevocable and deadly decision: to save the love of her life, she must volunteer in her stead to go to Faerie and give up her life in servitude. But Thea is not fodder for fairytales, and vows to return to her life. She will not be taken in by beauty and lies. She will do whatever it takes to reclaim her life. To complicate matters further, the royal family, namely Prince Casimir, has other ideas. Soon, Thea is caught in a deadly game where her only prize is survival. If she's lucky. Out of options, Thea does the unthinkable and turns to one of the fae as an ally. But soon, the lines between friendship and romance start to blur. And when disaster strikes and mayhem descends upon the castle, Thea must make a choice. But what can she give when she's already made the ultimate sacrifice?