*A Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast retelling* Isabella Cyprus is determined to go to the ball. She has a name, a letter, and a chance to meet what she assumes is her late mother's best friend. But instead of finding Chamomile Potts, she somehow ends up dancing with the prince himself, who has some crazy fantasy that she had gone to the ball for him. Suddenly engaged to him, Isabella is whisked from the life she was used to and is dumped in a ruinous castle with secrets practically spilling out from every corner. Who is the prince and what does he want? And why does everyone keep saying that she is their last hope?