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Willow, raised in a modest North Carolina town, discovers buried family secrets in her adoptive father's journal. Determined to uncover her origins, she abandons her college life and travels to Palm Beach. Adopting an assumed name, she infiltrates the city’s elite circles under the guise of a study on affluent communities. Amid dazzling parties and celebrity glamour, Willow falls for lawyer Thatcher Eaton. Yet as she embraces the glamorous lifestyle, the dark truth about her birth family surfaces, driving her inward and threatening to shatter her newfound paradise.
First publish date: August 4, 2003
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: V. C. Andrews
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