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To Defy a Dream: A Shattered Sleeping Beauty

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Need a sneak peek into the story before you commit to the full book? Read the first chapter, where Princess Aurelia stabs herself with a poisoned spindle to enter the volcanic dream world! 


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    To Defy a Dream

    What if Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on purpose?


    Princess Aurelia’s kingdom is plagued by the Eternal Slumber, a disease progressively ensnaring the minds of her subjects. After Aurelia wishes for the means to revive her brother, her sinister fairy godmother presents an ominous solution: Aurelia must stab herself with a poisoned spindle.


    Accepting this fate plunges Aurelia into a nightmare where victims of the Eternal Slumber are being held hostage by a dark djinni. However, Aurelia’s brother isn’t the only familiar face she finds herself reunited with; Everett, the love of her life who mysteriously disappeared years ago, is there as well. As the djinni’s power grows, Aurelia must decide who to save before the djinni escapes and enters the waking world.


    Failing on her quest could trap her in the dream world forever. Will she forgo her chance at a happily ever after and protect her brother, or will she choose to rescue herself and the man she loves?


    No matter who she chooses, someone will be doomed to remain in the nightmare that never ends.

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