The Cave of the Golden Rose
A fairy-tale adventure that blends foundling-princess mythology with romance, balancing whimsy and melancholy through a tomboy heroine's journey from abandonment to love.
After a queen's tragic death, the king abandons his newborn daughter in a cave, but a witch saves her. Years later, the tomboy princess must confront and ultimately falls in love with the enemy king.
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