Neva Jones is on a quest. But she's not quite sure what she's questing for. A crow told her to take off all the iron she wore, a stag told her to get a lock of pale hair and a lock of dark, and an owl told her to jump into a lake. Neva is a businesswoman in Alabama, the New South, not a character in some fair tale novel - but she'll step into this quest business if it means no longer feeling like she's going insane; she'll dive right into the lake and a crazy dream-world where nothing makes sense, giants speak in riddles, surfers throw tea parties, and there's ocean as far as the eye can see. There's one thing she knows: the hottie she met on a business trip in Wales is there, and she needs to be saved. Neva's saved herself plenty throughout her thirty-one years; she can save the dark-haired, blue-eyed Welshman. Especially since she's pretty sure that it's supposed to work like a fairy tale: after she saves him, they'll be together forever. But is it all really a dream? If it is, Neva doesn't want to wake up...