Jacinta Laurenti: 56 books

Imagine this scenario. Cook: Anna, it is four of the sun. Take this honey cake and wine to the princess’ boudoir. Anna: But M’lady is not at home. She is out walking. Cook: In the palace gardens? Anna: No. In the forest. Cook: But there are wild animals in amongst the trees. Anna: Not to mention...

Princess Briar Rose sleeps for 100 years. And when she awakes, she’s desperate. Not for food. Not for her fairy godmother. Not for a husband – she knows she has to marry the handsome prince. She needs someone in her bed. And her bath. And the throne room. And an enemy’s castle. And she claims...

A world of women invisible behind locked doors. Princesses hidden behind the veil. Moonlit trysts unseen behind desert pavilions. Shifting sands, searing temperatures and a smoldering affair conducted within earshot of the gossiping harem inhabitants. Princess Scheherazade, legendary story-teller,...

She’s Gretel, Countess of Argarth, searching for her buried treasure. At her heels, is a prince intent on revenge because she bedded his wife. She also lay with his sister, but he’s not aware of that yet. In front of her, hidden in the mountains shrouded in mist, is a witch seeking retribution...

How would you describe Snow White? Damsel in distress? In charge of her own destiny? Part of a caring family? All of the above? Snow White, or to use her proper name, Bettina, is a complicated woman. Her early life was full of heartbreak, but she is a princess of the realm, has a loving family,...

Royal woman and their dalliances. Magic spells and other-worldly realms. Consorts, commoners and their secret lovers. Witchcraft and lust are entangled in these stories and swirl around the women on Valentine’s Day, All Hallows Eve and during the autumn harvest festival. Though they are breaking...

A queen must be: a) demure? b) responsible? c) hardworking? d) regal Rapunzel is all of those things—in public—but her desires are as fervent as they ever were. When she stumbles upon a stranger named Luna in her hideaway, she is overcome with longing, and yet she forces herself act like...

A princess is captured. Or is she? A second royal woman has been led astray? Or has she? A noblewoman is mistaken for someone else. Or is she? Three women with a regimented life of duty and purpose encounter war, terror and magic, and yet in the midst of turmoil, their yearning overcomes prudence...

Fairytale math. 1) Intemperate magic = turmoil. 2) Lonely princesses = boredom. 3) Bored royal ladies craving excitement + naughty enchantresses = a) passion; b) ecstasy; c) euphoria; d) all of the above. Can you guess the correct answer? Cinderella, Goldilocks and Thumbelina, two of whom now go by...

No longer a princess, but Queen Regent until her son comes of age, Carolin wrestles with her courtiers and advisors who seethe with indignation at a female on the throne. But during one long restless night, a woman appears to her in a dream – or is it a vision? But the queen has been betrayed....

If a princess is alone in the woods trespassing on someone’s property, and she is confronted by an enchantress, should she a) run away, b) scream for help, c) get angry d) apologize? Princess Bettina, known only to her family as Snow White, chooses option d) and in doing so breaks an evil spell...

A masquerade ball. A highway robbery. A raging war. Three women – a princess, a countess and a seamstress – in the midst of conflict hide and disguise their emotions until confronted. Whether in a magical realm, fleeing a lover’s irate husband or in an enemy encampment, the women forge...

Princess Bettina is searching for a woman to bed, and she’s bored. She’s at a banquet and the assembled guests are loud and boisterous. After scanning the crowd, the princess sees someone who reminds her of a previous encounter last summer. Memories swirl around her of the mysterious stranger...

‘Tis the Yuletide season when snow, mist and magic spiral across the landscape creating havoc. Princesses and consorts are caught up in the maelstrom while witches (as well as a bored countess) cause chaos for their own selfish purposes. But all is not as it seems. Three seductive heroines...