Publication Date: July 8, 2026
Who wants to be taught to be a wallflower, existing only so a rich man can bag a meek trophy wife? Not us. In our secret club, we have our own dreams. One day, we’ll run away to Paris, make our own money and fall in love for real.
Provence, 1919. When Elodie Sinclair is sent from Boston to a glamorous finishing school for socialites in training, she is determined to do all she can to rebel. Setting up The Wildflowers Club with best friends Genevieve and Lucille, the women make secret plans to escape their insufferable conversation classes. But just weeks later, a terrible scandal leaves the women reeling. And Elodie Sinclair is presumed dead.
Looking for a fresh start after her drawn-out divorce, Rae Morgan finds herself in a crumbling clifftop manor house in Provence. The mysterious elderly owner, Madame Devereaux, speaks of a glitzy charm school and the tragedy that closed its doors. Though she refuses to say any more… until Rae finds a slip of yellowed paper titled The Wildflowers Club Vows left with the keys. Intrigued, Rae knows there is more that Madame Devereaux wants her to uncover.
Elodie Sinclair’s diary is hidden somewhere within the walls of the tumbledown chateau. If Rae finds it, she’ll discover a devastating secret hidden for a generation, and a spirited woman desperate to escape…
A totally gripping, sweeping and heartbreaking romantic tale full of mystery, lost love and enduring female friendship. Fans of Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict and Evie Woods will adore it.
Within the confines of a French finishing school, a young woman is determined to write her own destiny.
Her story unfolds in a dual timeline in Siobhan Curham’s The Club for Rebellious Ladies. Freshly divorced Rae Morgan travels to France in 2025 to mend her frazzled emotions. Her stay at the chateau leads her to discover clues about The Wildflowers Club and the tragedy that closed the finishing school.
Flashbacks to 1919 introduce American socialite-in-training Elodie Sinclair, who forms the club with friends as a distraction from a bleak future of conformity.
What ensues is a fascinating mystery that connects the past and present via a diary. As Rae puts the pieces together, she discovers her own path to happiness.
The Club for Rebellious Ladies traces a woman’s search for happiness as she unravels secrets from the past.
Siobhan Curham is an award-winning author, ghost writer, editor and writing coach. She has also written for many newspapers, magazines and websites, including The Guardian, Breathe magazine, Cosmopolitan, Writers’ Forum, DatingAdvice.com, and Spirit & Destiny. Siobhan has been a guest on various radio and TV shows, including Woman’s Hour, BBC News, GMTV and BBC Breakfast. And she has spoken at businesses, schools, universities and literary festivals around the world, including the BBC, Hay Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Bath Festival, Ilkley Festival, London Book Fair and Sharjah Reading Festival.
