Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love， a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall... V.C. Andrews thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark， forbidden passions -- of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic， thin， spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth s bride. At last， with her tall handsome husband， she would find the joy she had waited for， longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with hidden rooms and festering desires， a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread...an evil that will threaten her children， two lovely boys and one very special， beautiful girl. For within one innocent child， a shocking secret lives...a secret that will taint the proud Foxworth name， and haunt all their lives forever!