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THE FAIRY TALE Stephanie Stratford leads a fairytale life in a quiet village in Brier Hill, Ohio, until the age of eighteen, when she inherited her grandmother's vast country estate. After finding a black book hidden in a secret compartment of her grandmother's vintage desk, her life changes. She is obsessed with the book, believes it's a fairy tale, and is mystified when a picture of a dark prince smiles at her as if he were alive. Soon, to Stephanie's dismay, the book takes on a life of its own. Her childhood friend, Owl, protects her, while Raven, sent to carry out evil deeds, drops black ribbons in her path. They slither about like snakes and cause her to doubt. As a protective spell, The Seal of the Blushing Rose, placed upon her at birth, -drops away-Stephanie finds herself in tangled relationships and love triangles. Her heart swings like a pendulum between her childhood crush, Thomas Shrock, an Amish deacon, and Richard Cooper, a successful attorney. Thomas Shrock knows the truth and conducts an exorcism. When Stephanie unleashes hidden powers -demons fly out of old bishop Atlee Hershberger. When he has a heart attack and dies, the Amish accuse Stephanie of being a witch, and stone and shun her. Together with a sorceress and seven witches, Thomas takes on a fight with the supernatural. He believes the black book is evil and wants to burn it, but Stephanie refuses. She feels connected to the book in an odd way that she doesn't understand. The truth is revealed when Prince Damien appears in the middle of a pentagon drawn by the sorceress and seven witches. "If you burn the book, the girl dies...it is the heartbeat of her soul." He accuses them of being heathens and snatches Stephanie away-into the book. It disappears into the dark of the night. When Stephanie is cast into the eighteenth century with Damien, her handmaiden, Lillian, tells her she must bend to Damien's demands or risk being flogged or thrown into the dungeon. She tells her there is only one man