Mads, a successful marketing executive on a trip to London, and a chance encounter with Joan. Mads returns to his life in Denmark. But for Joan it doesn’t end there.

Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.

A New York sales manager is sent to the remote Scottish Highlands at Christmas to acquire a limited edition perfume from a dashing Earl preparing for his annual ball and…