Archduke Gabriel de Luzia is cursed. Since his seventh bride died in a tragic accident, he's become an outcast and has stayed holed up in his castle. His only companions there are his loyal servants, until the day a young woman comes wandering right through the castle's protective magical barrier! Having traveled all the way from her village, Marianne has a favor to ask of Gabriel, but nothing comes for free in this world, and what the archduke asks of her in return could put her life at stake!