Iris is heir to the throne of Crempton and is without a husband. Passed from suitor to suitor, Iris is forced to find a capable man to help her rule, when she would rather sit at the castle and read stories to her sisters. But when Iris and her sisters are abandoned on their way to meet another suitor, they run into a man who is both charming and mysterious as he invites them to his home. Fighting feelings of her past and terrors of the future, Iris tries to take care of her sisters as they uncover more and more secrets about the man, his manor, and their own kingdom.