Spellbound

Georgia Leighton
2025

NEW

When a royal heir is born amid ritual blessings and a hidden curse, three women—the Queen, her lady-in-waiting, and an apprentice named Sel—concoct a daring ruse to protect the princess. Sel flees with the cursed child, raising her in secret, while another daughter—plain and bookish Talia—is brought up believing she is the princess. As the curse’s power nears, the two sisters—one beautiful and otherworldly, the other overlooked and earnest—unwittingly inch closer to a truth neither was meant to know. Tensions rise as dark magic reveals that deception, love, and identity are more intertwined than anyone anticipated. In this atmospheric and feminist retelling of Sleeping Beauty, the story asks: What becomes of legacy when the spotlight shifts—and the curse refuses to be outwitted?