Happily ever after begins with a curse. Red's heart broke the day her father left. Ten years later, Red's mother still refuses to leave their home, insisting that he will return. Red and her twin sister Snow stay by her side, unaware of their mother's magical gift of commanding wild animals. That is, until one winter night when a bear shows up at their doorstep-and Red can understand him. Thrust into the midst of the Kingdom's fate, Red, her steadfast friend, Talon, and his eagle Goldie, must find a means to break a powerful curse, before she can heal her family and have a chance to find her own happily ever after.