The Book of Gothel

Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in the tower,but do you know the story of the witch who put her there? Told from her own perspectiveThe Book of Gothel is a lushhistorical retelling filled with dark magiccrumbling towersmysterious woodsand evil princes. This is the truth they never wanted you to knowas only a witch might tell it. Haelewise has always lived under the shadow of her motherHedda–a woman who will do anything to keep her daughter protected. For with her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spellsHaelewise is shunned by her villageand her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells of child-stealing witchesof princes in wolf-skinsof an ancient tower cloaked in mistwhere women will find shelter if they are brave enough to seek it. ThenHedda diesand Haelewise is left unmoored. With nothing left for her in her villageshe sets out to find the legendary tower her mother used to speak of–a place called Gothelwhere Haelewise meets a wise woman willing to take her under her wing. But Haelewise is not the only woman to seek refuge at Gothel. It’s also a haven for a girl named Rikawho carries with her a secret the Church strives to keep hidden. A secret that people will kill to uncover…