Lonely and stagnating in a soulless job, thirty-seven-year-old Marin Ellis is in need of a new start - but she is not prepared for the one she is given, when, after her estranged father and his second wife die in a car accident, she is made guardian of her fifteen-year-old half-sister Rebecca.

The half-sisters are practically strangers, and their life in Hampshire is stilted and strange. At Rebecca's pleading they move to the picturesque village of Goswell on the Cumbrian coast, settling into the charming Bower House on the edge of church property. When a door to a walled garden captures Rebecca's interest, Marin becomes determined to open it and discover what is hidden beneath the brambles. She enlists the help of local gardener Joss Fowler, and together they begin to uncover the garden's surprising secrets.

In 1919, nineteen-year-old Eleanor Sanderson, daughter of Goswell's vicar, is grieving the loss of her beloved brother Walter, killed just days before the Armistice was signed. As winter passes into spring, her mood remains bleak despite her attempts to alleviate the emptiness she feels. When her father decides to hire someone to help Eleanor restore the once beloved, but now neglected, vicarage gardens, she is enchanted by the possibility of a new garden-and the gardener her father hires, Yorkshireman Jack Taylor. Jack understands the nature of Eleanor's grief more than anyone else seems to, and as they spend time together, a surprising-and unsuitable-friendship unfolds...

The Lost Garden is a luminous novel about tragic secrets, the chance for forgiveness, and the healing that can come from a new start.

A dual story, present and past, about a house in the village of Goswell and an unsuitable love affair.

About the Author
Katherine Swartz is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She also writes under a pseudonym of Kate Hewitt. For Lion Fiction, she is the author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. Her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. Katharine was born in Pennsylvania, went to college in Vermont, and has spent summers in the Canadian wilderness. After several years as a diehard New Yorker, she now lives in the lovely Cotswolds in England with her husband, five young children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever. https://www.kate-hewitt.com/ Twitter: @KateHewitt1 Kate Hewitt is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She particularly enjoys writing contemporary issue-driven women's fiction, and her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. She is the author of The Girls From Berlin, Into The Darkest Day, and Not My Daughter. Kate Hewitt also writes under the name Katharine Swartz. The Lion Fiction author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. https://www.kate-hewitt.com/ Twitter: @KateHewitt1

Reviews
Katharine Swartz can do no wrong. The Lost Garden navigates loss and hope with Swartz's deft hand and unflinching ability to tell a quiet story so well it resonates in the heart for a long, long while after the final page. -- Megan Crane, USA Today Bestselling author of Once More With Feeling and I Love the 80s
Katharine Swartz always delivers a beautifully written, deeply emotional read. The Lost Garden is a touching and tragic novel, and yet ultimately it is a story of both hope and redemption. -- Maisey Yates, USA Today Bestselling author of Part Time Cowboy



Book Information
ISBN 9781782641377
Author Katharine Swartz
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Lion Fiction
Publisher SPCK Publishing