The Forgotten Tower - Lulu Taylor

Georgie never wanted to be a chatelaine, but beautiful Wakefield Castle is her husband Casper’s legacy and he is determined to restore its fortunes. Until now Georgie has hidden her troubled past, and she fears that their new surroundings will bring her deepest fears to the surface. The discovery of an inherited recipe book leads her to suspect that the castle hides secrets at least as troubling as her own…

In 1939, the five Wakefield children are still recovering from a family tragedy and learning to live a new life with their kind, elderly relatives. When war is declared, the family opens the castle doors to newcomers, including case of fossils from the Natural History Museum and their curator, Arthur Humphries, and the Foster brothers, a pair of evacuees. but while the castle offers a refuge, it is also a place to hide things – including people…

In the present, Georgie is entranced by to two towers that form part of the castle walls. One is hidden behind a fence and clearly forgotten. The other becomes her personal project. As the castle begins to offer up its secrets, Georgie realises that, in order to be truly free, she must confront what she dreads.