After years of abuse from her sorceress mother, Elisora renounces her magical abilities. Escaping the castle that has served as her prison, she sets off on an adventure to find her aunt, her freedom, and her happiness.

Along the way, she encounters trolls who want to enslave her, a strange forest beast who wants to befriend her, and Grant, a quiet, irritable traveler who understands the consequences of magic all too well. Armed with the fury of an innocent bystander unjustly wronged by a curse, Grant is on a journey of his own: revenge.

As Ellie and Grant are persistently thrown together, they must put aside their differences to defeat a sorceress not ready to let her protegee daughter go. When their histories are revealed, it will take true love and a little magic to keep them together.

The Weight of a Curse is a twisted retelling of Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast.