Book Synopsis
Flowers In The Attic
Chris, Cathy, Cory and Carrie, the Dresden Dolls. Four beautiful children, perfect in every way. Then tragedy strikes and shatters their lives when their father is killed in a car accident. With no place to turn to, their mother, Corrine, takes them to Foxworth Hall, home of her parents, Malcolm and Olivia. But upon arriving, their dreams of riches and wealth are dashed as they are confronted by a grandmother who sees them as "Devil's Spawn" and unholy. Soon they learn that they must remain hidden for a few days until their mother can win back her father's love. Locked and hidden away in an upstairs room, the days soon turn into weeks, the weeks into months and the months into years as Cathy and Chris fully realize the shocking truth of their mothers betrayal.
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Petals On The Wind
After spending more than three long, lonely years locked away in Foxworth Hall, Cathy, Chris and Carrie are finally free of it's dark secrets and sinister clutch. With Carrie deathly ill, fate leads them to the doorstep of Dr. Paul Sheffield. Offering them his home and generosity, they begin to chart their course for a new life. But Foxworth Hall cast a long shadow, and Cathy can never forget her mother's bitter betrayal of love and trust. Trying to break the bond that was formed between her and Chris so long ago in the dark and musty attic of Foxworth Hall, Cathy sets out to follow her dream of becoming a prima ballerina, searching for love and happiness, while planning to extract the ultimate revenge against those who betrayed her.
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If There Be Thorns
Now living as man and wife, Chris and Cathy try to make a loving home for Bart and Jory. But their past seems to follow them when the old woman, veiled in black, moves in next door. Soon, she befriends Bart and ask him to call her "Grandmother". And then her strange butler begins to whisper dark and horrible secrets to Bart about his parents past. As Bart struggles with these evil revelations, Chris and Cathy must brace for the climax of evil that began to flower so long ago.
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Seeds Of Yesterday
Chris and Cathy Sheffield, now in their 50's feel that the past is finally behind them. Their son Jory and his wife Melodie are the world's premier ballet duo. Bart is now a handsome, brilliant young man. But as they gather at Foxworth Hall for Bart's 25th birthday, the spectre of the Foxworth curse rises again. The whisperings of a sinister man, long thought dead, begin to fan the embers of Bart's resentment of his parent's "sinful" love. And then Bart turns his lustful eyes on his brother's wife as fate once again reaches out to snare the surviving "flowers in the attic".
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Garden Of Shadows
The young Olivia Winfield longs for love and happiness. When she marries the dashing Malcolm Foxworth she believes she has found that love. But all thoughts of romance are cast away when Malcolm's father, Garland returns with his new, young bride, Alicia. Soon, Malcolm's dark side emerges, along with his obsession for his fathers bride. In time, three boys and one very special girl are born. One girl, who is the key to unlock the dark secrets that will haunt the Foxworth name for generations to come.
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