It’s finally time to share the cover and blurb for my next book, The Girl in the Northwest Tower! This book is so special to me and I can’t wait to share it with you.
BLURB:
In The Lost Girl of Goose Creek, Etta obsessively reads her favorite book about a girl named Mathilde over and over to maintain her sanity. This is author Claire Olivia Golden’s take on the story of Mathilde and can be read anytime in the Goose Creek Cycle.
Mathilde is content with her life as a peasant, tending the chickens on her family’s farm in Montfermeil. It may be the poorest province in Armentière, but she hopes to settle down and start a family with the girl she likes.
That is, until a countrywide famine forces her into servitude to save her family from starvation. She believes she’s going to the castle to be a chambermaid, but instead becomes an unwilling courtesan in the Northwest Tower.
Trapped in the Tower with seven others, Mathilde dreams of freedom. She finds companionship and eventually love with fellow courtesan Cécile, from the island province of Port au Pierrot. But life in the Tower is anything but idyllic and the country bordering Armentière is threatening war. The life Mathilde has built could come crumbling down at any moment.
The cover is designed by the talented @beautifulbookcoversbyivy and she captured everything I dreamed of.
From the purple sky to the pretty swirls in the corner to the chickens (!!!), I can’t wait to see this beauty in print.
The Girl in the Northwest Tower releases April 2024 from Pigeon Press.
It’s the second book in the Goose Creek Cycle, but the books can be read in any order. Still, you should definitely check out The Lost Girl of Goose Creek today to get ready!