As a baby, Rose was cursed to meet a mysterious fate on her thirteenth birthday. Unclear on the exact details, no one's more surprised than Rose when she's suddenly - magically - whisked away to a strange palace and trapped there by an evil queen holding a suspicious-looking apple . . . Princess Snow is preparing for a ceremony that will prove she's fit to rule. The problem? Her stepmother.

The other problem? Without warning, she finds herself suddenly - magically - in the middle of the Dreamwood where, on top of everything else, she has to worry about a sleeping curse . . .