New erotica coming from A.N. Roquelaure, aka Anne Rice

Many romance readers got their first taste of erotica by reading A.N. Roquelaure, who also happens to be Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire (the first obsession with vampire fiction for many of us, too, way back in the '90s). We were treated to a new Lestat book at the end of October, Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles. And now we can look forward to Beauty's Kingdom, arriving from Viking in April 2015.

Beauty's Kingdom is a continuation of Roquelaure's Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, which kicked off in 1983 with The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, followed by Beauty's Punishment and Beauty's Release.

About Beauty's Kingdom (from the publisher):

It is twenty years since the fabled Sleeping Beauty and her prince, Laurent, left the mysterious kingdom of Queen Eleanor where they had known voluptuous erotic slavery together. Suddenly the great queen is reported dead and the survival of the kingdom is in peril. Beauty and Laurent are implored to take the throne and to uphold the ways of complete sensual surrender that have made Eleanor's realm a legend. Beauty agrees, but with one twist: she insists that all erotic servitude be voluntary. She and Laurent strive to rebuild Eleanor's land as a newer and finer paradise of luscious abandonment and never ending sensual pleasure.

Countless eager princes, princesses, lords, ladies and common folk journey to Beauty's new kingdom, where she and her husband awaken their domain, ushering in a new era of desire, longing, and sexual ecstasy. Provocative and stirring, Rice's imaginative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth will be hailed by her longtime fans and new readers of erotica just discovering the novels.

Find out more about Rice and her books at annerice.com.