V.C Andrews

"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort...

With the help of her boyfriend and her uncle, Hannah sets out for New Orleans to follow her drams of singing. But life on the road holds many dark surprises--and shattering realities that Hannah herself may not be ready to face.

When Brooke is adopted by a wealthy couple, she thinks her life will be perfect, but when her mother starts molding Brooke into a pint-sized version of herself, she realizes that her mother didn't want a daughter, she wanted a clone.

After being raped by the wealthy Octavious Tate, Gabriel becomes pregnant and spends months locked up in a tiny room at Tate's home while his wife pretends to be expecting in anticipation of claiming Gabriel's baby for her own. Having her child taken from her leaves Gabriel in a deep depression until she falls deeply in love with a man who may bring her even more grief.

Star has gotten accustomed to hiding the pain she feels over the broken promises of her drunken mother and deadbeat father, but the death of her boyfriend puts her over the edge and lands her in a therapy group with three other girls who have reason to hate their parents.

Melody Logan, attempting to learn the secrets of her past, gets a summer job working for artist Kenneth Childs, a man she believes may be her real father.

After listening to Misty and Star tell their stories in their therapy group, it is Jade's turn to reveal her hidden past, and the shameful act that has haunted her for years.