Kingdom of Forgotten Curses

Stolen Royalty, Book 1

By: Autumn Kaufer

Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld

A woman broken in grief. A villain with a curse. What will happen when their paths cross?

The prince is a bloodthirsty soldier who enjoys death, fine wine, and the company of beautiful women. Until one fateful night, when everything changes.

80 years later, the king's barrister, Marius, discovers a reference to the prince and is immediately sent upon a mission of discovery by the king, much to the dismay of his three daughters.At the chateau, Marius makes a deadly mistake, and now someone must pay the price...For fans of Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, and romantic fairytales, this is for you. A gothic tale as old as time...

Content Warning:

Attempted sexual assault

Drunkenness

Non-violent death of a child

Blood and beheading

The Stolen Royalty Series is a series of fairytale retellings where each book can be listened to in any order and are standalones within the series.

©2023 Autumn Kaufer (P)2024 Autumn Kaufer

Best bedtime story ever!

Thank you for a fantastic story. I usually listen to audiobooks before bed. My husband got invested in it enough to complain when I was late to bed a few nights in a row and he missed his nightly fairytale. Great narration.

Totally recommend this audiobook

~Talk about being dragged into a story!!! Kingdom of forgotten curses is yet one of my favorite retellings of Beauty and the Beast. This is a Dark Gothic Romance where Drake gets cursed… Yes, he becomes this morally gray vampire…. Belle whom we also know as Mina is suffering from grief!!! But when these two meet…what a Slow-burn romance…. The Narrator does a wonderful job dragging you in…. feeling every bit of the story…. Five stars to both the author and the narrator for their amazing job.

**I would recommend that readers to check this audiobook… I’ve read it and listened to it, and I can’t get enough of it!!!!

Tropes:
Fated mates, Morally Grey Villain, Bookish FMC, Hurt/Comfort, Slow-burn Romance, Fae, Vampire, Sweet-Spicy, Vampire, Beauty and the Beast Retelling, Gothic Romance

Solid beauty & the beast retelling

Solid beauty & the beast retelling with a vampire & fae twist.

Drake, a cruel prince, is cursed to a beastly form that of a vampire. Nearly 100 years past when a man stumbles into his castle and unwisely picks a rose for his beloved daughter, Bells (aka Bellamina, aka Mina). When her father is imprisoned Mina takes her father’s place in the castle of the heartless Drake. Yet through the sharing of 🩸a bond forms between them. Mina and Drake struggle with this unfathomable connection, all while navigating long held secret that could change both their fates.

Overall, it was an enjoyable novel. As a beauty and the beast fan I enjoyed the retelling and layered in fae/vampire lore.

My biggest reasons for a 4 instead of a 5 was the pacing. It was very fast paced moving quickly from one scene to the next without a lot of breathing room to process what happened. There were also some anachronisms that kept popping up that felt out of place for a dark gothic kingdom.

Would recommend if you like:
Faced paced
Will they/wont they
Beauty and the Beast retelling
HEA
🌶️🌶️ spice