A daring rescue. A difficult choice.

Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie's one chance at freedom-but can she trust another person to keep her safe?

Gabe defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he believes they had a right to worry: the girl's inner and outer beauty has enchanted him. Though romance is impossible-she is his brother's future wife, and Gabe himself is betrothed to someone else-he promises himself he will see the mission through, no matter what.

When the pair flee to the Cottage of the Seven, they find help-but also find their feelings for each other have grown. Now both must not only protect each other from the dangers around them-they must also protect their hearts.

This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Christian Retailing's Best.

This book is part of a book series called Fairy Tale Romance .

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Zondervan .

Melanie Dickerson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Healer's Apprentice, a Christy Award finalist and winner of the National Reader's Choice Award for Best First Book. Melanie earned a bachelor's degree in special education from the University of Alabama and has been a teacher and a missionary. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Huntsville, Alabama. Visit her on line at melaniedickerson. com Facebook: MelanieDickersonBooks and Twitter @melanieauthor