Broken-down walls and crumbled stones seemed to possess a secret language all their own. What stories would they tell, if she finally listened?
Thomas Nelson
February 2018
On Sale: February 6, 2018
368 pages ISBN: 0718095464 EAN: 9780718095468 Kindle: B072TK73MQ Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Ellie Carver arrives at her grandmotherβs bedside expecting to find her silently slipping away. Instead, the beloved old woman begins speaking. Of a secret past and castle ruins forgotten by time. Of a hidden chapel that served as a rendezvous for the French resistance in World War II. Of lost love and deep regret . . .
Each piece that unlocks the story seems to unlock part of Ellie tooβwhere she came from and who she is becoming. But her grandmother is quickly disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimerβs and Ellie must act fast if she wants to uncover the truth of her familyβs history. Drawn by the mystery surrounding The Sleeping Beautyβa forgotten castle so named for Charles Perraultβs beloved fairy taleβEllie embarks on a journey to Franceβs Loire Valley in hopes that she can unearth its secrets before time silences them forever.
Bridging the past to present in three time-periodsβthe French Revolution, World War II, and present dayβThe Lost Castle is a story of loves won and lost, of battles waged in the hearts of men, and an enchanted castle that stood witness to it all, inspiring a legacy of faith through the generations.