Spellbound
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  • Published: 24 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529947014
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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Spellbound

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Tr. Paperback
23 Apr 2025
EBook
24 Apr 2025
Audiobook
24 Apr 2025
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24 May 2025
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A feminist reimagining of the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, told from the perspective of the women at the heart of the story.

On a windswept island off the coast of the Kingdom of Bavaugh, a long-awaited royal heir is born. In ancient custom, a blessing ceremony takes place to bestow the princess with magical gifts - along with a terrible curse.

Except this is not the love story you know. There is no prince to save the day, just three women - the Queen, her chief Lady-in Waiting and Sel, a Master's Apprentice - who concoct a desperate plan of misdirect that changes the course of all their lives.

In the chaotic aftermath of the blessing ceremony, Sel flees the castle with the cursed princess, promising to raise her in secrecy. Meanwhile, confined behind castle walls, another child grows up in her place. But plain and bookish Talia is not the princess everyone was expecting and, as Sel roams the depths of the kingdom with beautiful and otherworldly Briar, the end of the curse edges ever closer.

Because dark magic cannot be tricked, and a vengeful sorceress has old scores to settle . . .
  • Published: 24 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529947014
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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Praise for Spellbound

Beautifully written and atmospheric . . . a fresh, imaginative take on the classic fairytale

Sophie Keetch, author of MORGAN IS MY NAME

Captivating . . . immersive, magical, and of course, spellbinding!

Naomi Kelsey, author of THE BURNINGS

A deliciously magical novel . . . I devoured it!

Menna Van Praag, author of THE SISTERS GRIMM

A perfect blend of fairy tale magic and family drama

A.C. Wise, author of WENDY, DARLING

A wonderfully imaginative retelling

Rosie Hewlett, bestselling author of MEDEA

An exquisitely feminist twist on the age-old tale of Sleeping Beauty, subversive, imaginative, and wholly immersive

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Author of The Witch and the Tsar
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