"A new novel from V.C. Andrews, the legendary author of Flowers in the Attic--now a hit Lifetime TV movie!"--

growing up in the heart of Cajun country, the only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian Jack, a drunken outcast who lives alone in a shack in the swamp.

As the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel and with her darling Jimmy and her beautiful daughter Christie, Dawn has everything she could ever hope for--but she can't seem to quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's hateful presence everywhere, as if the old lady is plotting vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is horrified. Her spiteful, jealous...

An unhappy and overweight adolescent, April Taylor struggles to cope with the desertion and death of her father, the suicide of her mother, her new life with her lesbian sister, and her doubts about her own sexual orientation.

Dawn pursues a singing career at a prestigious New York music school, all the while dreaming of her boyfriend and the anguished secrets they shared, until a new teacher replaces her old beau.