The wife left behind becomes a beautiful fairy… At just ten years old, Bess was forced to marry Andrew, a young groom who had been chosen for her. Despite Bess's sobbing, they officially became husband and wife, but Andrew soon left and was never heard from again… Ten years later, Bess meets a young man in the forest. As soon as he sees her, he whispers to her that she is a beautiful fairy and kisses her on the lips. It is Andrew… Does he not remember her?

Bess was a girl when she first saw her husband on their wedding day. Andrew, Earl of Exford, left after the ceremony, and as Bess blossomed into a lovely woman, she reveled in the freedom afforded by her absent spouse. Yet she knew the day would come when she would come face-to-face with her long-estranged husband.… On the day of his return, Drew found himself speechless at his wife's heart-stopping beauty and charm. Could it be that this once awkward girl was the bride he had deserted so long ago? Furthermore, could she ever forgive his cruel neglect and return his love?

As Yohanan Rivlin, a professor at Haifa University, embarks on research into recent Algerian history with the help of a student, a young Arab bride from a Galilee village, he becomes obsessed with his son's failed marriage.