Dreaming Princesses Series by C. Rae D'Arc

Sleeping Beauty was asleep for one-hundred years. What did she dream about?Princess Emerald of Somnus planned the perfect ball for her sixteenth birthday. She even modeled it after the midnight masquerades that she and her sisters secretly attended. Everything was perfect…until a poisoned spindle threw her into a deep sleep with vivid dreams of an unknown land: modern England... moreSleeping Beauty was asleep for one-hundred years. What did she dream about?Princess Emerald of Somnus planned the perfect ball for her sixteenth birthday. She even modeled it after the midnight masquerades that she and her sisters secretly attended. Everything was perfect…until a poisoned spindle threw her into a deep sleep with vivid dreams of an unknown land: modern England. In a world of smart phones and cockney, Emerald knows she must be dreaming, especially with her hypoesthesia and strange power over plants. Lost and confused, Emer is welcomed by the Honorables Caden Seaver and Mica Wright. These two sons of lords and best friends went looking for one final adventure to inspire their creative hobbies before family obligations ruled their lives. They never expected to find a lost princess who claimed to be dreaming. Emer’s stories about Somnus might be the perfect solution to Caden’s writer’s block until she starts to influence his heart more than his writing.The longer that Emer dreams, the more she wonders what’s happening in Somnus, which world is her true home, and how much time she has before the poison spreads through her body. Emer must find a way to wake up and trust her heart before the poison numbs it forever.Book 1 in a series of fairytale retellings, coming June 30th, 2022. less

Waking up is only the beginning.After one-hundred years of sleeping, Princess Emerald has much to rediscover about her homeland, including the whereabouts of her sleeping sisters. She leaves her home with little more than Prince Caden of Uldra, his meticulous research, and their companions, but some are more willing than others to search for legends while the northern kingdoms struggle to defend against ogres... moreWaking up is only the beginning.After one-hundred years of sleeping, Princess Emerald has much to rediscover about her homeland, including the whereabouts of her sleeping sisters. She leaves her home with little more than Prince Caden of Uldra, his meticulous research, and their companions, but some are more willing than others to search for legends while the northern kingdoms struggle to defend against ogres.Princess Aquamarine (Marin) has dedicated herself to protecting the environment around her beloved Imazhin Lake. She's happily married to the best naval Admiral of Rezhina Valley, but her life turned upside-down the night that her sister Emer was poisoned. On the run from an unknown danger, she never expected to fall under the same poisonous trap. Like Emer, Marin dreams of a world beyond imagining: modern England, including the sea and her husband. Except the Atlantic Ocean is vaster and more dangerous than the Imazhin Lake, and her husband has taken the form of a detestable frog.Meanwhile, Princess Pearl has fallen to dreams of Renaissance Fairs, a kind photographer who claims to have met Emer, and a man who looks exactly like her father. If only she could eat something that doesn't taste like apples.With whirlpools and thick darkness surrounding Emer's sisters, finding them might be the easy part. Reaching them is another story. They have no time to dawdle before the ogres grow impatient and hungry for revenge.Join Emer and her friends as they travel through the ruins of Somnus, searching for her sleeping sisters who retell "The Well at the World's End" (an early version of "Princess and the Frog") and "Snow White."Coming January 2023 less