This series delves into the classic fairytale with a dark, psychologically deep twist. It explores the repercussions of a curse and a prolonged slumber, touching upon themes of identity, destiny, and the struggle to break free from a predetermined narrative. Readers will find a rich storytelling experience that reimagines a familiar tale into something compelling and thought-provoking.
Anne Rice’s The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, written as A.N. Roquelaure, reimagines the classic tale, focusing on its ties to sexual desire. Instead of a kiss, the Prince awakens Beauty through sexual initiation, leading to her total enslavement. This provocative retelling offers a rich exploration of erotic yearning and fantasy.
The Further Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty
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 .
Beauty's adventures in the hypnotic realm of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves towards its conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, seductive and erotic prose that intensifies Beauty's secret world.
In "Beauty’s Kingdom," Anne Rice, as A. N. Roquelaure, continues the Sleeping Beauty series. After Queen Eleanor's death, Beauty and Laurent return to claim the throne, advocating for voluntary erotic servitude. The novel explores themes of desire and ecstasy, appealing to both longtime fans and new readers of erotica. Intended for mature audiences.
After waking her from her hundred-year slumber, the Prince takes Sleeping Beauty as a sex slave and brings her to live in his kingdom where she learns to become submissive and fulfills the sexual desires of nobles and other slaves.