"This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty resumes Beauty's explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire and seduction. Now, Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Price Tristan, is sent away. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tanatlizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, dominance, surrender, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard"--Back cover.
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