Ruby Bellerose lives a quiet, fairy tale existence in a cottage on the edge of the woods, far from the gossip of Maple Hollow - until a chance encounter with Rafe, a brooding and mysterious woodsman, draws her deep into his shadowy world. But Rafe is hiding a secret, and with something dangerous lurking in the forest, Ruby must decide whether he is her knight in shining armor, or a threat far closer to home.