There is something peculiar about Nettle Blackthorn but she doesn't know it yet... Blackthorn Cottage dwells within the dark and sinister forest of the Forgotten Wilds; a forest inhabited by fanciful folk, kept hidden from the rest of the world. When Nettle's family return to the cottage her father makes the children promise to never, ever enter the forest, but Nettle's not the type of girl to heed those types of warnings. Quite soon, Nettle embarks on a grand adventure that leads her to Olde Town, a strange village set at the top of a very odd hill. When she meets Claudine Balfrey, she knows she'll be the perfect new wife for her father. Claudine and her sisters own the Three Wicked Sisters' Tea House where a black cat sleeps by a cauldron, visitors gather to eat strange delectables and children nibble on faerie candy. But is Olde Town all it appears to be? And just who are the Balfrey sisters? Soon enough Nettle finds herself embroiled in a mystery that began several centuries ago with the Accursed Lysette.