And MY, what a cover it is! The model is absolutely, amazingingly perfect, the colors are gorgeous, and look, there's Eanrin! I was so pleased to see that the portal followed the circle theme of most of the front covers. So now that you've seen that delicious front cover...here's the summary to the story...
BEYOND THE REALM OF
DREAMS
IS A WORLD SHE NEVER
IMAGINED
Masayi Sairu was raised to be dainty, delicate, demure . . .
and deadly. She is one of the emperor’s Golden Daughters, as much a legend as
she is a commodity. One day, Sairu will be contracted in marriage to a patron,
whom she will secretly guard for the rest of her life.
But when she learns that a sacred Dream Walker of the temple
seeks the protection of a Golden Daughter, Sairu forgoes marriage in favor of
this role. Her skills are stretched to the limit, for assassins hunt in the
shadows, and phantoms haunt in dreams. With only a mysterious Faerie cat and a
handsome slave—possessed of his own strange abilities—to help her, can Sairu
shield her new mistress from evils she can neither see nor touch?
For the Dragon is building an army of fire. And soon the
heavens will burn.
WOW. What an incredible summary. As far as I'm concerned it is the most intriguing summary of all Anne Elisabeth's books yet. Sairu sounds completely AWESOME.
If you’d like to learn more about Golden Daughter, visit the book page for interesting
articles, illustrations, and more! Also, I was given the privilege to illustrate the sneak peak to Golden Daughter. And let me tell you, the sneak peak is ah-mazing. Go read it!
The cover illustration was done by Julia Popova. Visit her website,
http://www.forestgirl.ru/, to learn more about her and her fantastic
work!
Anne Elisabeth Stengl is the author of the
award-winning Tales of Goldstone Wood series, adventure fantasies told in the
classic Fairy Tale style. Her books include Christy Award-winning Heartless and Veiled Rose, and Clive Staples Award-winning Starflower. She makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where
she lives with her husband, Rohan, a passel of cats, and one long-suffering
dog. When she's not writing, she enjoys Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and practices
piano, painting, and pastry baking. She studied illustration and English
literature at Grace College and Campbell University.
Anne Elisabeth is offering any two of the first six Goldstone
Wood novels as a giveaway prize! Winner’s choice of: Heartless, Veiled Rose, Moonblood, Starflower, Dragonwitch, or Shadow Hand.
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8 comments:
I can't waaa-aaa-aaaaait!!! D':
I'm thrilled! Both the summary and the cover look amazing.
Anne Elisabeth, your covers are all so beautiful, but if pressed to choose a favorite, it would be a toss up between HEARTLESS and SHADOW HAND.
Congratulations on your new cover. It's color scheme, model and her dress are so pretty, and of course, Earin. Now I'm totally looking forward with great anticipation to GOLDEN DAUGHTER...and since I'm just finishing up SHADOW HAND, it's going to be a long wait. sigh
Sigh! I'm always in love with the covers from the Tales of Goldstone Woods. They're all so beautiful!
I think starflower has the prettiest color scheme on the cover, but this one is really good. I'm also partial to shadow hand, because the model looks like me. I haven't read it yet.
It's almost cruel, tempting us with another book before Shadow Hand is even officially out!
Hannah, your sketch is amazing! It really fits the sneak peak on the Golden Daughter web page. I especially love the menacing dragon along the bottom. :)
Thank you, Rae! I tried to give him a Chinese look by only having his head, neck and tail in the picture. :)
Oh, yeah; your picture was awesome! : D
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