Blade Bannister and Scarlett-Rose Horak are entirely oblivious to an age-old feud between their two families when they fall in love, much to Pastor Joe Horak's horror and disapproval.Her father, fondly known as Pastor Joe was the much-loved, terribly-feared and greatly-respected pastor of Carmel, but, he was frenetic to keep Scarlett-Rose away from Blade, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks.When Scarlett-Rose discovers the truth of her weeping prince, and the enchantment of the mansion in the sand he had built her, she finally understands the secrets they both kept from her.When she escapes to the old barn on the hill, their secrets are finally revealed and she ultimately learns of her father's mortal sin against her weeping prince, and his betrayal of the Bannister family.