Emily Van Dort had always felt different. Her parents were always looked at weirdly, nobody liked her in school for being free spirited, and worst of all, her grandparents were now forcing her to find someone to marry. Outraged, Emily runs away into the forest where she finds something she had not expected to see. She finds herself in the land of the dead! Her father used to tell her the story of how he met the corpse bride that gave Emily her name, and although common sense told her it was nonsense, she still believed him regardless. But being in the actual setting of his story was a little too overwhelming, and yet why does she find herself at home down here as her parents look for her in the land above? Now Emily must make a choice, to stay in the place where the dead welcome and accept her, or return to life and all its unfortunate circumstances. She must decide for herself....before something darker makes that decision for her against her will.