Alone in the world and guarding a secret, Charmaine Ryan abandons dismal nineteenth- century Richmond, a city of unfulfilled dreams, and journeys to the island paradise,Charmantes, determined to start a new life. Scorning marriage and resolved to fen...
Charmaine Ryan knows only poverty and pain growing up. In the wake of a horrifying tragedy, she seeks a new life, and fate leads her into the private world of the wealthy Duvoisin clan. At first, it seems as if nothing terrible could touch this seemi...
A SPELLBINDING SAGA OF A REMARKABLE AMERICAN FAMILY. . . The beautiful, frail Colette Duvoisin trusted governess Charmaine Ryan with her worries, her dreams, and the care of her beloved children. But now Colette is gone--leaving her three young one...
The gripping saga of the Duvoisins-an extraordinary American family both blessed and cursed-reaches a stunning conclusion.... In the wake of heartbreaking tragedy and volatile revelations, the once-great Duvoisin family of Virginia teeters on the br...