Life as a princess is easy enough when you know how to sneak out of the castle every day to sit by the river. Fortunately, Princess Alora of the Wood Spirits knows how to do just this. Watching the water ripple and talking with her animal friends is is all she would do if she had it her way, but she doesn't have it her way. When Alora is betrothed to a human prince in order to save her kingdom from losing a war, all hell breaks loose. She doesn't believe she needs a husband but her Mother has other plans. Now she must decide if she will go through with the wedding... or maybe approach to the peasant boy standing across the river?