{"title":"A. N. Roquelaure","description":"Anne Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941. She is the author of many bestselling novels, including the widely successful Vampire Chronicles. Her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, was made into a film in 1994 starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Her other books include the Mayfair Witches series, the novels The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Violin, Angel Time, the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, and most recently, The Wolf Gift. Anne lives and works in Southern California.","products":[{"product_id":"the-sleeping-beauty-trilogy-box-set-the-claiming-of-sleeping-beauty-beautys-punishment-beautys-release-boxed-set","title":"The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty; Beauty's Punishment; Beauty's Release - Boxed Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Rice's, author of\u003ci\u003e Interview With the Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e, best-selling erotic trilogy in a boxed set\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1983, before E.L. James' \u003ci\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e and Sylvia Day's \u003ci\u003eBared to You\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, began the first installment of the series that is now considered a forerunner of erotic literature. This boxed set, containing \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeauty's Release\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to Anne Rice's irresistible talent. Now in a repackaged edition with a new foreword by the author, Rice's charged eroticism and magical style is back, connecting old and new readers alike.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103937990879,"sku":"9780452294752","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PrYL7WFUXw9780452294752.webp?v=1781099784"},{"product_id":"the-claiming-of-sleeping-beauty-paperback","title":"The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore E.L. James' \u003ci\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e and Sylvia Day's \u003ci\u003eBared to You\u003c\/i\u003e, there was Anne Rice's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller \u003ci\u003eThe Claiming of Sleeping Beauty \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 mind's unconscious. In the first book of the series, Anne Rice (author of \u003ci\u003eBeauty's Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e), writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of \u003ci\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e will indulge in Rice's deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic.\" --\u003cb\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Something very special . . . at once so light and yet so haunting.\" --\u003cb\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103978229983,"sku":"9780452281424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/StIiH6ohur9780452281424.webp?v=1781099858"},{"product_id":"beautys-kingdom-paperback","title":"Beauty's Kingdom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore E. L. 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