Eleanor Banneker is under a spell, bewitched and enslaved by her evil
stepmother. Her long-lost childhood friend, Benjamin Grimm, is the only
person immune to the magic that binds her. Even if he doesn't believe in
real magic, he cannot abandon her to her fate and must find a way to
breach the spell - but time is running short. If he doesn't succeed
before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, Ellie will be bound
forever...