Every rose bears a hidden thorn, and Princess Belle is no exception. After being blessed with the gifts of kindness, beauty, and music as an infant by three benevolent fairies, she also receives a curse from the duplicitous fairy Methura: Each night at sunset Belle becomes a beast. Whisked away to Methura's castle deep in the northern woods of Kammira after a bargain is struck between her parents and the mad fairy, she awaits the day when Methura will remove the curse so that she can return home. Little does she know that her fairy guardian has yet another trick up her sleeve, and when Belle at last meets her prince not-so-charming, she realizes that her secret may prove to be more of a liability than she could have ever imagined.