Awaken

by Shelley Watters

A dark, romantic twist on Lost meets Sleeping Beauty.

Seventeen-year-old Tori finally faces her fear of flying by taking part in a summer senior trip to London, her plane crashes and she wakes up in a fairytale world. But this isn’t like any normal tale where the prince saves the damsel in distress and everyone lives happily ever after.

Beneath the breathtaking beauty of the fantasy dreamland, children are being sold as slaves. And Tori’s step mother, Queen Marcilena, wants her dead.

On the plus side, there are two hot guys vying for Tori’s affection. Brandon, the quintessential Prince Charming, is everything Tori dreamed of when she was a little girl. Darien, on the other hand, is dark and dangerous.

If Tori is to wake up from her dream, she must single-handedly slay a dragon, rescue the prince, and bring down her evil stepmother or be trapped in this crazy, twisted fairytale forever.

277 pages, Hardcover

Published February 9, 2025

About the author

Shelley Watters grew up in Tucson, Arizona and currently resides Chandler, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's in Sociology with a focus on Women's Health Issues and continued on to get a Master's certificate in Public Health Epidemiology and added an MBA just for the fun of it. While her days are spent in the corporate world and her evenings driving her equestrian to the stables, she fills every other spare moment filled devoted to slinging words across the page. Her novels sizzle with the heat and passion that only growing up in the southwest can bring.

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Reviews

[Shelley Watters · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased because I wrote it, but I absolutely adore this story and hope you will as well!