num_pages: 312
description: As a young girl in France Marlena Hunters life was a fairy tale. She had a talented artist for a father a doting mother and a brother she couldnt be closer to. She loved her family; she just didnt know what her family actually was.When a car crash kills their parents Marlena and Yvon lose not only France but also their identity. Sent to Richmond Virginia they arrive at the home of two aunts theyve never met before who tell them that their true last name is Dawson that their father had fled the family years backand that now the family is calling in the debt.Trapped in a mansion with as many secrets as rooms Marlena yearns for escape. But in America you can either make friends or make profit and Yvon suddenly seems much more interested in the latter. While he is free to leave the house Marlena is left to avoid lecherous tutors and the secretary-to-wife track expected of a woman. Caught between mastering the game to escape it and falling prey to its allure she needs to learn fastfor Malcolm Foxworth has cast his eye in her direction. And no family name can protect her from the twisted roots of the Dollanganger family tree.
language: English
title: Shadows of Foxworth
publisher: Gallery Books