Rose has succumbed to the curse laid on her as a baby. She has pricked her finger on an enchanted spindle, and is now doomed to sleep for a hundred years. But though her body is locked in slumber, her mind is wide awake, her spirit capable of traveling the kingdom that is going on without her. Invisible, she watches the lives and loves of her people, a silent witness to a world she cannot take part in.

The son of a successful merchant, Micah is a farm hand now that his family had fallen on hard times. It's a simple, if boring life, but any income is better than none. But boring becomes shocking when he sees Rose—and positively disconcerting when her disembodied spirit takes up residence in his head.

Then news reaches them that the king is planning to marry Rose off despite her sleeping state...