Four-year-old Lyra is abandoned in a dense enchanted forest due to her rare elven heritage until a kindhearted noble, Earl Montfort, discovers her shivering beneath ancient trees. Taking the gentle child into his struggling aristocratic household, the earl treats her as his cherished daughter despite scathing social criticism from neighboring lords.
Lyra repays the family's warmth with extraordinary supernatural empathy, speaking the language of magical beasts and bringing uncanny luck to the estate. From healing the earl's fatally ill son to communicating with prized racing horses to win crucial derbies, Lyra becomes the indispensable guardian star reversing House Montfort's failing fortunes.
