An enchanted feather. An impossible quest. A portal between two worlds that opens the door to love.

Ivan has never questioned his place in the world: youngest brother, village dimwit, the one who tends the horses and keeps the fire burning while everyone else gets on with living. Then one day, everything changes.

When a glowing feather leads him into the clutches of Baba Yaga, the ancient witch gives him an impossible choice: capture the legendary Firebird, or die.

What he doesn't expect is the portal. Or modern-day Virginia.

Thrust from the fairy-tale kingdom of Zorya, Ivan finds an unlikely ally in Lisa, a warm-hearted yoga instructor quietly rebuilding her life. She doesn't believe in magic. She doesn't believe in fairy tales. And she certainly doesn't believe she's falling for a man who belongs to another world. But the feather glows warm in her hand, and Ivan looks at her like she's the only miracle he ever needed to find. Slowly, without meaning to, Lisa starts to believe in both.

What begins as wonder becomes something neither of them can name, or survive losing.