Heaven's daughter Annie finds herself orphaned and crippled. Annie pines for her family, especially for her halfbrother Luke. Minus the warm glow of Luke's love, she's lost in the joys of grief and forced into submission. When Annie finds a cottage hidden in the woods of Farthinggale, her past's mystery deepens. Her hopes and dreams really are obscured from the sinister Casteel spell, because she awakens to see Luke back.