Sixteen-year-old beauty Keturah Reeve spent most of her life enchanting her fellow villagers with fairy tales and stories. But when she got lost in the forest and her fate hung by a thin thread, her talent served her well: the girl had to compose the most important story of her life. The story of great love is so true that it fascinates even Lord Death himself - beautiful, sad and unyielding. But Keturah refuses to tell the end of the story, and then Death gives her a reprieve for one day. During these 24 hours she must find a man whom she will love with great love and marry him. If not, she will have to leave with Lord Death and become his wife. Will she succeed?