With her mother, Haille, and stepfather both dead in tragic accidents, Melody has only just begun to find a safe mooring with the Logans, her secretive relatives on Cape Cod. But her peace of mind is shattered when a friend spots a photograph of Haille modelling in a catalogue. Is it possible that Melody's mother didn't perish in a Californian fire after all? When she eventually tracks down her mother, Haille pretends not to recognise her daughter. Why is she living with the loathsome Archie Marlin? And why did she fake her own death? Melody is determined to find out. For only in her mother's world of unkept promises and tattered fantasies will she unearth the truth about her past.
One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of her spellbinding classic Flowers in the Attic. That blockbuster novel began her renowned Dollanganger family saga, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than fifty novels in V.C. Andrews' bestselling series. The thrilling new series featuring the March family continues with Scattered Leaves, forthcoming from Pocket Books. V.C. Andrews' novels have sold more than one hundred million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages.
