The Cursed Forest

BOOK THREE in The Sleeping Kingdom series, a fairy tale retelling fantasy epic where the road to happiness is not always on the easy path...

The Cursed Forest is a dark and twisted place. Overgrown from the once prized forest of a kingdom long lost, its trees tower ten-times higher than any other in the Seven Kingdoms. With abrupt changes to its path, any traveler brave—or mad—enough to journey through the trees is at the whim of the forest to arrive at their destination alive. And it is here that most of our characters now find themselves...

When a messenger confirms her father never made it to Meerreich, Amabelle takes advantage of the situation to escape her impending marriage to Stéphane. Intuition leads her to believe her father cut through the Cursed Forest, and she soon finds herself lost amongst the looming trees. When a brush with death results in her waking in an enchanted and forgotten castle, Amabelle learns some fairy tales are not mere stories of imagination.

In D'or, Sajan is at odds with his father over Sajni's disappearance. He does not believe she is dead, and is infuriated the king will not spare any men to search the forest for the missing princess. Despite amateur survival skills and no plan, Sajan decides to journey alone, and the toils of the Cursed Forest hit him hard. Soon, he comes across a mystical white bear, and meets Eilidh, Princess of the Southern Isles, who has her own mysterious reasons for traveling the forest alone.

In Nordreich, Princess Gerda asks Kaj to venture into the woods to protect Queen Eija, the mythical true ruler of their kingdom. But when he finally meets the elusive "Ice Queen," things take a strange turn as he learns she has been kidnapping men from the forest.

And as Rapunzel and Theo make their way to the Unseen Fortress, they stumble upon a small cottage in the woods where a peculiar set of dwarfs seem to be hiding something...

THE CURSED FOREST continues the retellings introduced in WHITE AS SNOW and STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, while introducing the "Ice Queen." For fans of ONCE UPON A TIME and GAME OF THRONES, this is a series not to be missed!

**TRIGGER WARNING: There are scenes in this book that some readers may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.**