The Lost Chateau

In 1936, as storm clouds gather over Europe, Thirza Caruthers journeys to the Dordogne to care for her great-aunt at Chateau Rousseau, the decaying manor central to The Lost Château. This first volume in the Lost Château series of 20th-century historical fiction plunges into a world of faded elegance, overgrown gardens, and secrets hidden behind every door.

Thirza soon uncovers a tangle of forbidden love, devastating betrayal, and the mysterious disappearance of a child. Confronting grief and the complexities of parenthood, she pieces together the chateau’s shattered family history, where long-suppressed truths threaten to reshape her own life. A richly layered romance of loss and resilience, The Lost Château resonates with themes of memory and redemption.