The House with the Golden Door

Wolf Den Trilogy

By: Elodie Harper

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

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. Her survival depends on the affections of a man she might not know as well as she once thought . . .

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous. At night in the home her patron bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara’s dreams are haunted by her past. 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. To be truly 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.

Fans 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. The first book in the trilogy, The Wolf Den, was a Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month and a critically acclaimed UK bestseller.

©2022 Elodie Harper (P)2023 Union Square & Co.

A look into the past

I loved the storyline and the history of life back then. You can’t help but love the characters

hooked…continuing my mental transportation to ancient times

on to the next! well read.
this continued to make me feel invested in these random fictional peoples’ lives and mentally transported my imagination to ancient Pompeii. well don’t on the story and narration. I’ll be starting the next in series shortly.

Great historical fiction!!

Love this series and the author. I found out about her while listening to the Exploress podcast and it was more than I hoped. Can’t wait for the next one

Hard to put down!

Great sequel to the first. I was getting a little frustrated with some of her decisions throughout the book. But we are all imperfect at times and I think it made the characters more real. Very excited to read the final book and see what comes of everyone!

Love the dive into Italia

The narrator did an excellent job with inflections and tone to intimate the various characters and mood of the story. The story itself is thick with the darker underbelly of ancient Pompeii set just several years before it settles under the ash and smoke of Vesuvius. Life was so precariously navigated between enslavement and freedom, life and death, we forget today how much was endured as humanity evolved.

Elodie Harper has a way with language and syntax to draw the reader into the desperate edge people once walked through the narrow roads of what once was a rich salacious city.

Fraught with anxiety

This series is so good but so frustrating and rage-inducing and causes me so much anxiety! The audiobook narrator does a great job, but the production could use some editing. Lots of mouth noises and other sounds that should have been edited out.

Finally I cried

I’m not saying a word about this one, read it. Wow life was difficult for slaves. I’m trying to submit this review, it will not let me so..,,,,we shall see

Did not captivate me in anyway

The story was not captivating or interesting. The details were just too much, was not relatable.