Thank you NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for a eARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

Three women from three different time periods connected by one castle and the secrets it contains. What does a painting of Queen Elizabeth have to do secrets the castle walls hold?

Do not be afraid of reading this book when you see that it's the third in a series. I haven't read the first two in the series, and to me it seems that you don't need to.

The Painted Castle is a very well researched historical fiction. With three different timelines, I never got confused because each timeline was distinct and well thought-out. This is not your typical historical fiction as it has one timeline in the 1840s, one in the 1940s, and one in the present day. Personally, my favorite was the one in the 1940s as WWII historical fiction is one of my favorite genres.

It was refreshing to read a historical fiction that didn't include espionage, but I am giving this four stars as I wish that the story between Kiera and Emory in the present day would have been more developed. If that third of the story would have been more developed, I would have given it the extra star.

I look forward to reading more of Kristy Cambron's work as I couldn't put this one down.