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Natasha Lester<\/strong>, a New York Times bestselling author and former marketing executive for L\u2019Or\u00e9al, will promote her new novel \u201cThe Chateau on Sunset\u201d<\/strong> with a stop in Greenville.<\/p>\n

While crafting her story, Lester found inspiration from an article about the Golden Age of Hollywood at the city\u2019s Chateau Marmont.<\/p>\n

Set in 1957, the story follows Aria Jones, a newly orphaned young woman who is sent to live with her aunt, a fading star who hides away in the hotel. Once there, Aria connects with two aspiring actresses, Calliope and Flitter.<\/p>\n

However, Aria\u2019s first few nights reveal an insidious secret that continues to haunt her as she grows up in the Marmont\u2019s halls. If she can stay invisible as she saves money, then she can leave the hotel and live life on her own terms, alone but free. Her plans fall apart when it is bought by Theo Winchester, a reclusive rock star turned unexpected caretaker of his daughter, Adele, and unlike any man Aria has met before. To earn the last bit of money she needs to escape, Aria becomes Adele\u2019s tutor, which brings Aria closer to Theo and ignites a passion she never expected.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The article) talked about then Columbia Pictures Studio boss Harry Cohn saying, \u2018If you must get into trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont,\u2019\u201d said Lester. \u201cThat kind of line is like catnip to a novelist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lester\u2019s other inspiration for \u201cThe Chateau on Sunset\u201d came from a book she loved as a child, Charlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s \u201cJane Eyre.\u201d She said when she reread the book as an adult, she wondered if Jane regretted not venturing out into the world. With that idea in mind, Lester decided to reimagine the story to give her an ending that was romantically and personally satisfying.<\/p>\n

As she researched the Chateau Marmont\u2019s history, Lester also found fun anecdotes about its residents, such as Vivien Leigh, the actress best known as Scarlett O\u2019Hara from \u201cGone with the Wind,\u201d who replaced the hotel\u2019s art in her room with her own portraits. In addition, she discovered that events at the hotel during the 1950s and 1960s helped set the stage for the MeToo movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to look at writing an alternative history of that because so many of those stories about what happened to those women who we see as amazing movie stars, a lot of their backstories are actually quite difficult and dark,\u201d Lester said. \u201cThey struggled every day against that Hollywood casting couch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lester will participate in M.Judson Booksellers\u2019 Book Over Drinks series June 9 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is $35 per person and includes a cocktail or mocktail and a signed copy of \u201cThe Chateau on Sunset.\u201d For more information, visit mjudsonbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lester will participate in M.Judson Booksellers\u2019 Book Over Drinks series June 9 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":381494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"ppma_author":[23992],"class_list":["post-381445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-culture","category-news","cat-4-id","cat-2-id"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","yoast_head":"\nAuthor Natasha Lester to visit Greenville to promote new novel - GREENVILLE JOURNAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Natasha Lester, a New York Times bestselling author, will promote her new novel \u201cThe Chateau on Sunset\u201d with a stop in Greenville.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/arts-culture\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Author Natasha Lester to visit Greenville to promote new novel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Natasha Lester, a New York Times bestselling author, will promote her new novel \u201cThe Chateau on Sunset\u201d with a stop in Greenville.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/arts-culture\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GREENVILLE JOURNAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-28T14:56:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-02T20:44:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_4256RET-mid-size-edited.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeannie Putnam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeannie Putnam\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeannie Putnam\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b03966d8dc237d5047d53ded8ecf5f41\"},\"headline\":\"Author Natasha Lester to visit Greenville to promote new novel\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-28T14:56:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-02T20:44:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/DSC_4256RET-mid-size-edited.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arts & Culture\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/arts-culture\\\/author-natasha-lester-to-visit-greenville-to-promote-new-novel\\\/\",\"name\":\"Author Natasha Lester to visit Greenville to promote new novel - 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