For nearly one hundred years, Rosemarie Edenberg has worked tirelessly to wipe the ogre tribe from the earth. Now the tribe has gathered in London to work a spell that will destroy the scourge of their kind, the woman they call the Briar Rose. Two magnetic men will unite to aid Rose - her fey advisor, Ambrose, and the vampire, Lord Shenley, an earl of scandalous reputation an appetites. One will save her, one will betray her, and both will challenge her to face the past that haunts her. Once she was ensnared in the mists of enchantment, curse to sleep one hundred years. But this beauty was not awakened with a kiss and has never known happily-ever-after. With the help of her allies, Rose may yet find it.