The Forest Hides More than Magic.

She was supposed to plan a wedding. Instead, she stepped into a cursed kingdom.

Gabby has always preferred books to reality-especially when reality means an unwanted engagement and a future she didn't choose. But after a bitter argument with her ailing father, she returns home to find him being taken by strangers into the forest no one dares enter.

The dark forest marks the boundary between her world and another-one steeped in secrets and long-buried magic. When Gabby learns her father is being forced to repay an old debt in a hidden kingdom, she makes an impossible choice: offer herself in his place.

Now bound to a mysterious palace beyond the trees, Gabby finds herself at the mercy of a cold, enigmatic prince and a bargain she barely understands. As she adjusts to a life ruled by ancient magic, she begins to uncover truths that don't match the fairy tales she once loved.

Her story isn't the only one unfolding-and some endings were never meant to be happy.

As the Petal Falls, this twisted Beauty and the Beast retelling begins an epic fantasy series where familiar stories intertwine, secrets run deep, and the forest never forgets.