New Period-Romance YA Novel "The Kingdom Within" Launches from a Castle

SPRING, Texas - Dec. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- Mystic Harbor Press announces the official home of its upcoming new YA novel by debuting author Samantha Gillespie, THE KINGDOM WITHIN.  The period romance-fantasy trilogy finds its home at the iconic Newman's Castle, a true-to-form medieval castle built nearly single-handedly by visionary and entrepreneur, Mike Newman.

THE KINGDOM WITHIN arrives to readers, December 23, making a statement of change in a market over-saturated with post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels.  Enter Princess Meredith, a young strong-willed, yet free spirited girl whose sole purpose, according to the king, is to save her endangered kingdom from conquest through a marriage contract.  On the run, with a price over her head, Meredith finds that fulfilling her duty is more difficult than she could have anticipated; though fighting to stay alive will pale in comparison to the struggle against her own heart’s desires. http://youtu.be/OhXVILEzHjE



Newman's castle, located in Bellville, Texas and near the author's home, is the perfect stage for THE KINGDOM WITHIN.  Matching the backdrop of the novel, the castle is complete with stucco finish, its very own chapel, an impressive 3,000 lbs. working drawbridge, and currently undergoing the construction of a bell tower.  All the wood furniture, floors, walls, and stairwells within have been designed and hand-crafted by Mike Newman himself, making this stronghold as original and unique, as it is artistic.

Samantha Gillespie is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso and currently lives in Houston, TX; THE KINGDOM WITHIN is her first novel.  www.thekingdomwithinseries.com

Mystic Harbor Press is the fiction imprint of Smooth Sailing Press, a Texas based, broad-spectrum publisher founded in 2003 to bring forth quality book titles, without compromise. www.smoothsailingpress.com

To learn more about Newman's castle and the visionary behind it, visit www.newmanscastle.com