Henry is a brownie prince who loves Rose, a fairy. Forty years ago, a bitter wizard cursed them. Rose is trapped in a magic painting with only a bear cub for company. Henry is trapped in a book with only an aardvark and a crow as companions.

Neither can leave their prisons, nor speak a single word, or the other will die. Moonflower must lead the mission that involves finding a wishing star that only appears once every seventy-two years, seeking the Goddess Paramour and her magic Pearl of Love, and carefully carrying the ever-burning Candle of Inamorata.

With the help of a jack rabbit, a unicorn, and two brownies, the fairies travel to Castle Penchant to break the curse to set Henry and Rose free. In this adventure, the fairies also learn the history of the brownies, and discover the wizard’s story of terrible unhappiness in love that involves a nymph and a satyr.