Synopsis: Young Prince Conrad had never seen such a beautiful maiden. Her name was Sofia, and she was magic. Bewitching, beguiling, bewildering.... It was as if she had cast a spell on him. But was it true love that captured his heart? Or a dark, powerful sorcery as tempting and inescapable as evil itself? The answer could soon be revealed... at the stroke of midnight. (from the back cover of the Ace Books first edition)