Many would choose the sweet fantasy of a novel over reality, but not Joo-in, who wakes up as Lydia in *Reaching for the Stars*. Knowing the concubine was executed by the emperor for upsetting the heroine, the new "Lydia" holes up in her palace to avoid the couple. But after she meets Mar, a mysterious man who claims to be the emperor's runaway servant, Lydia is suddenly invited to the ball, threatened by a jealous concubine, and even bumps into the heroine! Though she has no idea what caused this domino effect, the catalyst is closer to her than she thinks...