The Sleeping Beauty (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms Book 5)

About this book

MERCEDES LACKEYS magical A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series continues with a captivating new adventure… Heavy is the headand the eyelidsof the princess who wears the crown… In Rosamunds realm happiness hinges on a few simple beliefs. For every princess theres a prince. The King has ultimate power. Stepmothers should never be trusted. And bad things come to those who break with Tradition…. But when Rosa is pursued by a murderous huntsman and then captured by dwarves her beliefs go up in smoke. Determined to escape and save her kingdom from imminent invasion she agrees to become the subject of one of her stepmothers risky incantationsthus falling into a deep deep sleep. When awakened by a touchy-feely stranger Rosa must choose between Tradition and her future between a host of eligible princes and a handsome fair-haired outsider. And learn the difference between being a princess and ruling as a Queen.