When she wasn't writing novels about the Vampire Lestat, goth-lit queen Anne Rice dabbled in erotic fiction. Not bodice-ripper stuff, mind you—we mean full-on whipping, leather, pegging and an "all-male sadomasochistic orgy"—in her Sleeping Beauty series.

The books were so raunchy Rice published them under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure.

Winter, a longtime fan of the novels, first approached Rice about developing the books into a TV show two years ago.  "I wrote this to be fun, in the belief that dominance and submission can be romantic and delightful as well as erotic," said Rice, who is prepping a fourth book in the series.

"Now is the perfect moment for this project. On the heels of such boundary-pushing adaptations as Fifty Shades and HBO's Game of Thrones, the topics explored in this series are in the zeitgeist and we feel television is finally ready for them," says Televisa's Michael Garcia . "We are now going out to writers and talent, and will put all the creative, production and distribution elements in place quickly."

Televisa also produces ABC Family's Chasing Life and Lifetime's Devious Maids.

h/t: The Hollywood Reporter