When she learns her grandfather has disappeared from his nursing home, the stories Emeline has always scoffed at suddenly seem less foolish. After searching for him almost everywhere, Emeline finally succumbs to the call of Edgewood, entering the forest she has spent years trying to escape. Soon Emeline finds herself in the court of the fabled Wood King himself. She makes a deal: her voice for her grandfather's freedom. Little did she know she's stumbled into the middle of a curse that threatens the existence of a life she has worked so hard to forget. With the help of a handsome and brooding tithe collector, a surly blacksmith, and a lost childhood friend, Emeline sets out not only to save her grandfather's life but to right past wrongs an, in the process, discover her true voice.