the house with the golden door elodie harper

Friendship, love, lust, power, hate and betrayal coalesce into a scintillating novel full of tragedy, triumph and female resilience.” - The Book Reporter “ a beautifully flawed heroine in an agonizingly compelling story.

Absolutely stunning, and kept me glued to the pages until I was done.” -Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf “A beautiful, heartbreaking story of a woman who would do anything for the people she loves, and for her own survival. “The rare sequel that’s as good as its predecessor.” - Paste Magazine It ends with a tantalizing glimpse of where the last book in the trilogy will take Amara, and I cannot wait.” - The London Times

As vivid, unsentimental and compelling as The Wolf Den. “One of my standout novels in recent years. The first book in the trilogy, The Wolf Den, was a Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month and a critically acclaimed UK bestseller. Readers of Circe, The Song of Achilles, and other novels based on Greek mythology, as well as fans of inspiring feminist historical fiction exploring the worlds of Ancient Greece and Rome, will love Harper's acclaimed Wolf Den Trilogy. Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all. Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. To be truly free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is. She longs for her sisterhood of friends-the women at the brothel she was forced to leave behind-and worse, finds herself pursued by the cruel and vindictive man who once owned her. At night in the home her patron bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara’s dreams are haunted by her past. The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous. Her survival depends on the affections of a man she might not know as well as she once thought. From prize-winning and international bestselling author Elodie Harper, the second book in the Wolf Den Trilogy follows Amara as she escapes her life as a slave in the city’s most notorious brothel, the Wolf Den.