
There she meets a handsome young man and wonders what it might be like to fall in love with a poor farmer with a kind heart instead of marrying the man her family is suggesting for her.įrederick earns the income for his family and defends his mother from his father’s drunken rages. She loves her family, but she sneaks away one day to the market in the town center. As the powerful lords set against them proceed with their villainous plans, secrets emerge that put Frederick and Adela's future at risk.In this reverse Cinderella story, a poor farmer’s son, who dreams of using his talent as a woodcarver to make a better life for himself, falls in love with a duke’s daughter and must fight for a chance to win her heart.Īdela is the youngest daughter of Duke Wilhelm of Hagenheim and is never allowed outside of the castle walls. When disaster separates them, Adela and Frederick find themselves caught in the midst of deceptions far more dangerous than innocent disguises.

Even as their relationship grows, her true identity remains hidden from him, and he believes she is a commoner like him.
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As Frederick works on the project, he and Adela meet almost daily, and it doesn't take long for them to fall in love. He dreams of making a living carving beautiful images into wood, and he is thrilled when the Bishop of Hagenheim commissions him to carve new doors for the cathedral. There, she meets a handsome young woodcarver named Frederick.įrederick is a poor farmer and the sole provider for his family, and he often has to defend his mother from his father's drunken rages. Longing for freedom, one day she sneaks away to the market disguised as a peasant. In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance.Īdela, daughter of the powerful Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls.

until she falls in love with a commoner who has no idea who she really is. The duke's daughter, Adela, masquerades as a peasant for a small taste of freedom.
