Edited by Caro1970 at 10-08-2023 17:30
Growing up on the thriving plantation called The Meadows,Lillian Booth cherishes the brightest, happiest dreams.... Lillian's world is full of grand parties, of sunshine andpromises, as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her littlesister, Eugenia. No one, not even her cold, stern Papa and her Bible spoutingsister Emily, can crush her spirits -- until the day Emily reveals theshattering secret at Lillian's birth, a secret Mama sadly cannot deny. StillLillian refuses to believe Emily's hateful claim that she is evil, acurse...even when sweet, gentle Eugenia loses her fragile hold on life, andMama retreats further into her fantasies. But when tragedy befalls her bestfriend, the one boy whose tender heart mirrors her own, Lillian comes tobelieve Emily's grim words. Meekly, she endures her penance, finding a strangesolace in the endless repetition of prayers in a room stripped of all comforts.Lillian's heart is torn anew when, in a drunken haze, Papa subjects her to themost brutal degradation. Then Papa loses The Meadows in a card game, andLillian is faced with a new and terrifying prospect. Arrogant, handsome playboyBill Cutler will return the plantation -- if Lillian will marry him! NowLillian must leave her girlhood home behind, and make a bold new beginning asthe mistress of a hotel called Cutler's Cove...
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