Edited by Caro1970 at 10-09-2023 11:22
Forbidden passions have been the hallmark of theDollanganger clan since Flowers in the Attic debuted more than forty years ago.In this third book of a new related trilogy, witness the birth of theDollanganger curse as Corrine Foxworth’s children learn that family is butdestiny by another, crueler name. As a young girl in France, Marlena Hunter’s life was a fairytale. She had a talented artist for a father, a doting mother, and a brothershe couldn’t be closer to. She loved her family; she just didn’t know what herfamily actually was. When a car crash kills their parents, Marlena and Yvon losenot only France, but also their identity. Sent to Richmond, Virginia, theyarrive at the home of two aunts they’ve never met before, who tell them thattheir true last name is Dawson, that their father had fled the family yearsback—and that now the family is calling in the debt. Trapped in a mansion with as many secrets as rooms, Marlenayearns for escape. But in America, you can either make friends or make profit,and Yvon suddenly seems much more interested in the latter. While he is free toleave the house, Marlena is left to avoid lecherous tutors and thesecretary-to-wife track expected of a woman. Caught between mastering the gameto escape it and falling prey to its allure, she needs to learn fast—forMalcolm Foxworth has cast his eye in her direction. And no family name canprotect her from the twisted roots of the Dollanganger family tree.
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