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A.N. Roquelaure

    Anne Rice was an American author whose works delved into the dark and gothic. She became renowned for her unique writing style, blending the supernatural with psychological depth. Her narratives explored complex moral questions and human nature through fictional characters. Rice's writing left an indelible mark on the horror and supernatural genres.

    Sleeping Beauty: Beauty's Punishment
    • 2013

      Sleeping Beauty: Beauty's Punishment

      The Further Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty

      • 247 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.5(456)Add rating

      The delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , from the author of Beauty's Kingdom . This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , the first of Anne Rice's (writing as A.N. Roquelaure) volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard. And once again Rice's tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart. This series [predates the eroticism of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You .

      Sleeping Beauty: Beauty's Punishment