Bree hates fairies and has vowed never to tie her life to the world of magic, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold as a slave to the king of the Unseelie Court, she renounces her promises.

Pretending to be Prince Ronan's bride candidate, the girl enters the faerie world and agrees to steal three relics of the Seelie Court in exchange for her sister's freedom.< /p>

Among all the faeries, Prince Ronan is the only one who is kind to her. Bree realizes she's falling in love with him, but isn't ready to let her feelings get in her way. The girl goes in search of relics in order to commit a theft and return to the human world. But caught up in the intrigues of two dangerous courts, she must decide who to give her allegiance to. And a heart.