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From bestselling author Anne Rice writing as AN Roquleaure In the traditional folktale of Sleeping Beauty the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince It is an ancient story one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the minds unconscious Now Anne Rices retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire Here the Prince reawakens Beauty not with a kiss but with sexual initiation His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beautys complete and total enslavement to himas Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes with her skillful pen a compelling experience