Did Sleeping Beauty Have A Child?

Fairy Tales are wonderful! From the classic Brother Grimm, to Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, to the more recent Princess and the Frog, these tales have taken children and adults on majestic journeys and adventures to enchanted lands and faraway places. No other fairy tale story has gained as much attention as the story of the Princess facing adversity and her Prince Charming rescuer. The classic tale of the Prince and Princess has defined the genre of a fairy tale for generations but has also revealed its irony.

For a moment, a fairy tale can distract us from some of the more harsh realities we experience. People dreaming of their very own fairy tale ending have often been left disappointed when it never happens. It is never really said what happens after the story ends, you know, after "And They Lived Happily Ever After."  This is the point in the tale where the story ends and the imagination is allowed to believe. But the conscious reader knows that THE END is not really the end. As for Aurora and Colin, Happily Ever After would experience a brief interruption.

Aurora is better known as Sleeping Beauty. After being awoken by her Prince Charming (Prince Colin) and leaving for their enchanted castle, the arrival of a young child brings an unsuspected turn in their tale in an original piece that combines the timeless classic of Sleeping Beauty with the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.

Capturing the imagination, authors Julie Ann Brown and Oonagh Jane Pope lead their readers on an enchanted journey through the life of Sleeping Beauties daughter Alinda in a world of fairies, enchanted mirrors, the Loch Ness Monster, and a heartwarming love story with an ending that is sure to surprise.

Alinda of the Loch is a tale that brings us a little closer to reality and yet allows the immagination to believe once again.