Sixteen-year-old beauty Ketura Reeve for most of her life enchanted fellow villagers with fairy tales and stories. But when she got lost in the woods and her fate hung on a thin hair, talent served her well: the girl had to write the most important story in her life. The story of great love is so true that it fascinates even Lord Death himself - beautiful, sad and unyielding. But Ketura refuses to tell the end of the story, and then Death gives her a reprieve for one day. During this day, she must find a man whom she will love with great love, and marry him. If not, she will have to leave with Lord Death and become his wife. Will she be able to do that?