The Lost Château: escape to southern France with this emotional and sweeping new novel 

425 pages Publisher HarperCollins Publication date June 4, 2026

ABOUT THE BOOK

A secret lies behind every door…

The Dordogne, 1936

Amid tangled gardens and crumbling walls, Chateau Rousseau guards its secrets well.

Pushing open its faded door, Thirza Caruthers arrives to care for her great-aunt. She’s made a promise – unaware of what awaits.

As the skies darken above Europe, the chateau begins to reveal its secrets: stories of forbidden love, devastating betrayal, and a child who vanished years ago.

But in uncovering the truth, Thirza may lose herself forever.

MY THOUGHTS

Every book I read by the author just gets better and better!
The characters are so well developed as the story didn’t feel rushed at all.
I absolutely loved the setting and how it moved back and forth in time, this really explained a lot.
This is really a deep story, so much going on.
The story is very realistic, and I felt as though I was also there experiencing it with the characters.
This is an emotional story that will have you feeling it all!
Very highly recommended and I greatly look forward to more books by the author.

I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.

MEET THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dinah was born in Malaysia and moved to England at the age of nine.

As a teenager she missed the heat of Malaysia, which left her with a kind of restlessness that led to quite an unusual life. She studied Fashion Design and went to live in Tuscany where she worked as an au-pair for an Italian countess. There was even a time when Dinah lived with a rock band in a ‘hippie’ commune in Suffolk.

Although Dinah and her husband spent five wonderful years living in a small 16th Century village in the mountains of Northern Andalusia, she’s happy to say they now live close to her family in Gloucestershire along with two crazy Maine Coon cats.

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