Celtic romance that combines history and fantasy with a Grimm's fairytale. Lord Colum of Sevenwaters is blessed with seven children, but it is Sorcha, the youngest child and only daughter, who alone is destined to defend her family and protect their land from the invading Britons. Sorcha is the only one who escapes the cruel influence of Lady Oonagh, her father's new wife. Exiled from Sevenwaters and cast out into the forest and the terrifying world beyond, Sorcha falls into the hands of the feared enemy. Now she is torn between a life she has always known and a love that only comes once.