The Forgotten Garden

Set against the backdrop of the first world war, this captivating story follows a little girl found abandoned on a ship to Australia, cared for by a mysterious woman known as the Authoress, who soon vanishes. On her 21st birthday, Nell O'Connor discovers a life-altering secret that leads her to the eerie Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast. Years later, her granddaughter Cassandra inherits Cliff Cottage, where she confronts the secrets of the Mountrachet family and the enigmatic writer Eliza Makepeace, ultimately seeking to unravel a century-old mystery surrounding a lost child.