Abilene Rousseau, 15, lives the life of a young farm girl. Each day, she finds herself ignored more and more by her parents and occupied by the mundane chores around the farm land. Abilene's only way of escaping is to read from her collection of books, where she can lose herself in a dream world of fairy tales, romance, and exotic lands. Then, one day by chance, while out gathering firewood, she encounters a charming and handsome man, Gabriel. He showers her with attention and offers her an escape from her dull life. Though, unlike the fairy tale endings in her books, Abilene will soon learn that Gabriel is no prince charming.