by V. C. Andrews

In this first volume in the De Beers series, Willow De Beers strikes out for the glamour of Palm Beach to seek her birth family after discovering family secrets buried in her adoptive father's journal. Assuming an alias, she penetrates the wealthy beach community, putting her own stamp on this town of money and power. She falls for lawyer Thatcher Eaton, but her thrilling new passion and lifestyle is threatened by the sinister truth about her birth family, pushing Willow to the edge of madness.