Deze serie duikt in het klassieke sprookje met een duistere, psychologisch diepe twist. Het verkent de gevolgen van een vloek en een langdurige slaap, waarbij thema's als identiteit, lotsbestemming en de strijd om los te breken uit een voorbestemd verhaal worden aangesneden. Lezers kunnen een rijke verhalende ervaring verwachten die een bekend verhaal herinterpreteert tot iets meeslepends en tot nadenken stemmends.
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.
Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away. 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.
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.