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  “Too true.” I laughed and nodded at Cogsworth as I got up and walked to my prince, my happily ever after. I linked my arm in his and listened as he spoke.

  In all of the great libraries of the world, including the one within the walls of my new home, I doubted there was ever a story with more adventure, more passion, or more pain. I had spent my lifetime reading and wishing for something to happen to me—for my life to take on one of the fantastical voyages from my books. Now that it had, all I wished for was my beastly prince, the comfort of our families, and peace for everyone.

  I had found my happily ever after.

  The End

  If you liked this, try Sinderella or The Club, both available now!

  Other Books by Sophie Starr

  The Single Lady Spy Series

  The End of Me

  The End of Games

  The End of Tomorrow

  The End of Lies

  The Lonely Duet

  The Lonely

  LOST BOY

  Standalone novels

  Castaways

  My Side

  The Long Way Home

  For Love or Money

  Lost in La La Land

  Naughty Fairytales

  Sinderella

  Beauty’s Beast

  The Club

  Sophie Starr came to life when a young 16 year old girl wandered into the library searching for an Anne Rice novel. The card catalogue, because it was the dark ages, had given a pen name for Anne Rice but the book was hard to find.

  Nowhere on the shelves amongst Anne Rice's other books was the one the girl sought.

  So she examined the card better, seeing the book was in a different section, the romance section.

  The girl discovered The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure, the one she was seeking, amongst the other romance novels.

  It didn't look like Anne's other books.

  It wasn't large.

  It wasn't thick.

  The cover wasn't impressive.

  It was small and simple and yet there was something intriguing about the art on the cover.

  So she carried it up to the librarian and checked it out. The librarian gave her quite the look when she walked out with the small book in hand.

  That night she cracked the book, unaware that every single thing in her world was about to shift.

  The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty might as well have been called The Ruin of Innocence.

  But what an end.

  And what a beginning for a young mind.

  Anne Rice is a genius and Sophie's hero in many respects. She freed a small part of Sophie that night. That's what fantasy does for us, isn't it? It frees us so we might try something new, even if just by reading it.

  Welcome to the twisted world of Sophie Starr!

  We hope you like it dark!