The Locked Garden

Unlock the secrets of Larkthorn Hall this year…

When librarian Evie Temple takes an archiving job at a remote Yorkshire manor house, she hopes it will be the escape she’s desperately been seeking.

But what she finds at Larkthorn Hall is something else entirely. Hidden behind an ivy-covered gate lies an abandoned garden, locked and forgotten for nearly a century.

As Evie begins to unravel its secrets, she discovers a trail of hidden love letters and a heartbreaking story of sacrifice.

But Larkthorn has more surprises in store. When a troubled teenager, his formidable grandmother and a grumpy but handsome gardener all arrive to shatter her peaceful solitude, Evie must figure out if what she has been searching for has been right there all along.

From the internationally bestselling author Rowan Coleman comes this beautiful novel inspired by the classic The Secret Garden.

Reviews

Praise for Rowan Coleman's bestselling novels:

‘I've always loved Rowan's writing’ Lucy Dillon

‘There is a lovely smooth glow to the writing’ Matt Haig

‘Painfully real and utterly heartbreaking… wonderfully uplifting’ Lisa Jewell

‘Stupendous’ Lucy Diamond

‘Utterly life affirming’ Jenny Colgan

‘A book you will carry with you long after the last page’ Milly Johnson

‘Magical, wonderful and beautifully written’ Trisha Ashley

‘Whenever I read a Rowan Coleman novel, I am always taken on a great adventure’ Alice Peterson

‘Beautiful’ Louise Beech

‘Life-affirming and joyful’ Sara Sheridan

About the author

Rowan Coleman is the Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning author of seventeen romance novels including THE MEMORY BOOK, THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, THE GIRL AT THE WINDOW and FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER. Her latest novel THE LOCKED GARDEN will be published in January 2027.

Rowan lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with her large family and dogs. She writes her novels in a turret room overlooking the sea, in an old Victorian house surrounded by roses and wildlife.