A lost painting of Queen Victoria.

A library bricked faraway from the world.

And three women, separated by period, whose lives are irrevocably changed.

When art historian Keira Foley is employed to authenticate a painting at a centuries-old East Suffolk manor, she hopes this is just finished . to get her profession and life back on the right track. But from the time she arrives at Parham Hill Estate and begins functioning alongside rumored artwork thief Emory Scott, she’s left with a lot more questions than answers. Could this about The Decorated Castle lost painting of Queen Victoria be considered a duplicate of the initial Winterhalter masterpiece, and if therefore, who’s the artist?

As Keira starts to unravel the mystery behind the family portrait, two women emerge from your estate’s forgotten recent. In Victorian England, talented sketch artist Elizabeth Meade is engaged to Viscount Huxley, then owner of Parham Hill. However, Elizabeth’s real purpose to be at Parham Hill provides nothing in connection with artwork or marriage. She’s established to avenge her father’s brutal murder-even if it means a betrothal to the man she is convinced committed the crime.

A century later on, Amelia Woods-a World War II widow that has turned Parham Hill and its own beloved library into a boarding college for refugee children-receives military orders to house a troop of American pilots. She is determined the children in her care will stay untouched by the war, but the task is proving challenging with officers taking on every square inches of their world . and one specifically vying for an area in Amelia’s long-shut up heart.

Set in 3 time periods-the rapid switch of Victorian England, the peak of England’s home-front tensions by the end of WWII, and modern day-The Painted Castle unfolds a tale of heartache and wish and unlocks secrets lost for generations simply waiting found.

Compliment for The Painted Castle:

“A gripping tale of secrets hidden behind the wall space of an ancient British castle.” -KATE BRESLIN, bestselling writer of Far Side of the Sea