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The House with the Golden Door

The Wolf Den Trilogy, Book 2

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The House with the Golden Door

By: Elodie Harper
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious....

Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the town's most notorious brothel, but now her existence depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought.

At night, she dreams of the wolf den, still haunted by her past. Amara longs for the women she was forced to leave behind and worse, finds herself pursued by the man who once owned her. In order to be free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is.

Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all.

We return to Pompeii for the second instalment in Elodie Harper's Wolf Den Trilogy, reimagining the lives of the women from the town's lupanar.

©2022 Elodie Harper (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd/Head of Zeus Ancient Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Ancient History Wolf

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I loved this book. The inclusion of details of the setting is brilliant. Pompei is brought to life vividly recalling visits to the ruins.
For me the narration is perfect, clear and melodic, making it easy to picture the protagonist.
The story is fast moving and engrossing

the details

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So glad that I came across this talented author. It's the second book in the trilogy and it gets even better all the time. The story keeps you tightly gripped from beginning to end, totally immersing you into the times long gone. Roman Empire with lives of ordinary and not so ordinary people trying to survive, make a living, love and be loved, often having to make great sacrifices for such privilege.
Narration is quite exceptional. Thank you Ms Harper and Ms Beamish for a rare gem of a book. Can't wait for the next one.

Best book this year!

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The story of enslaved women is powerful and difficult to listen to aometimes. But what well drawn characters and beautifully narrated. Roll on part three!

Great story, strong women.

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Second in the series, taking the characters on a new journey and whilst not as good as the first book it was a compelling story. Once again the characters are one to believe and the storyline flows wonderfully, can't wait for the third book

a great continuation of the story

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The character of the protagonist changes and she does many things inconsistent with her character in the previous book and with a person who has been through a trauma, in my opinion.

The story is not as compelling as the first book

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I really enjoyed the first book, overall a good listen. Will be buying the last in the trilogy as I’m keen to know how Amara’s story ends.
The performer was quite a disappointment, I felt she wasn’t really into the story and didn’t convey scene’s particularly accurately to how they were written.
I found it hard to listen due to the continuous mouth noises and gulping. It was really off putting.
I also feel a younger narrator would’ve portrayed Amaras story better, it sounded as if the performer was around Middle Aged which made it hard to lose myself in the story as Amara is early 20’s. It felt like I was being read to by a teacher, rather than listening to the inner monologue of the character.

Good listen

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The overall story is good. There was some slow moments that was slightly hard to get through but definitely worth it in the end

The changes to the mc

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Such a well narrated story, love the plot, the characters, so entertaining!!! Can’t wait for the last book!!

Love it

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An excellent advance on the wolf dens amara. Her character is so lovable yet so frustrating. You are constantly willing for fictional glory for her yet Elodie harper has an ingenious way of entwining reality which carries you through such a human experience. I felt I was living amara’s life, feeling what she was and I can’t wait to read the final book!!

Gripping!

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Brilliant story, but I never felt like I could get properly stuck into it due to the poor performance. You can constantly hear the narrator gulping or making mouth sounds or rustling about. You can also tell when the audio is cut off and re-started again which can even be mid sentance, which makes it hard to get properly into it. Still enjoyable and worth a listen but the poor narrating does distract you from the story.

Brilliant story, bad performance

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