An erotic novel of discipline love & surrender from master storyteller Anne Rice. In the traditional fairy tale of ' Sleeping Beauty' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess can only be broken by the kiss of a prince. However in the world of Anne Rice this legendary curse is broken not with a kiss but with sexual initiation. The Prince's reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete & total enslavement to him. Sleeping Beauty awakes to a world of seduction desire & love. In the first of a three part retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story Anne Rice explores the unspoken implications of this lush suggestive fairy tale opening up a world of erotic yearning & fantasy which is perfect for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey. This is the first of Anne Rice's classic Sleeping Beauty trilogy.