Snow White and Rose Red: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty: Young Briar Rose and Maleficent (Fairy Tales Retold Book 2)

Welcome to the City of Gold, a land full of unimaginable opulence, powerful magic, and most of all, danger. Snow White and Rose Red have been sent from the Vale to investigate a most mysterious curse in the City of Gold. The beloved Princess Aurora has fallen into a deep slumber, from which none can wake her.

In a city gilded with diamonds and sapphires at every turn, greed and treachery lurk everywhere. Many Princes have gathered to try their hand at waking the Sleeping Beauty and winning a most highly coveted prize from the King—his daughter’s hand in marriage.

Out of the small vale where they grew up, Snow and Rose now face new challenges: adapting to courtly life, investigating powerful strangers, and controlling their magic as they put their abilities to the test. Can Snow White and Rose Red unravel the mysterious magic at work in the City of Gold before the evil closes in around them? Read on to find out!

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Delilah went pale. “No, please! This is a misunderstanding!”

Our own men at arms sprang to defend us, swords drawn.

Snow would have known how to calm everyone and save this situation. But I’ve never been like my sister—I only have fire.

I stood, knocking back my chair. “Stop!” I shouted. “I’m warning you!” I brought my palms together at the center of my chest, then flung them wide and swept in a circle, making a bigger fire cyclone than I’d ever tried to—encompassing not just me, but also our men and Delilah. The fire took shape, rising higher than I’d intended. I felt my magic pulsing through the ruby gauntlet, growing wild and out of control.

Certainly the wine, which had gone entirely to my head, was not helping. The fire came easily and recklessly. The Queen shrieked as an arc of fire cut through the table she was sitting at.

Prince Phillip looked up at me, still more than a little drunk and now also more than a little bemused. “That was a warning?”

“Yes. Well. A big warning.”