An Awakened DesireA Sleeping Beauty Retelling Novella

You’ve heard this tale: a princess cursed to slumber for a hundred years, waiting for true love’s kiss to awaken her. A handsome prince, a kingdom frozen in time, and a love powerful enough to shatter even the darkest of spells.

But this isn’t quite the fairytale you remember.

For Princess Avaline, waking is only the beginning. The world she once knew has changed, her kingdom stirring after a century of silence. Determined to reclaim the life stolen from her, she is ready to step beyond the castle walls—to discover the world anew and explore the desire awakening inside her for the prince who saved her.

Prince Damien came to break a curse, to wake a princess of legend. He did not expect to find a woman who stirs something primal inside him, who tempts him with every glance, every breath. But love is not as simple as a single kiss, and shadows of doubt whisper in the dark, threatening to unravel everything they have begun to build. For deep in the shadows, the one who cursed Avaline is waiting—watching—ready to claim her once more.

Step into a world of dark enchantment and smoldering passion in An Awakened Desire, the third novella in Cleo Calloway’s Enchanted Desires series, where beloved fairytales take a seductive, spellbinding twist.