Whispering Hearts

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A desperate young womans bargain with a wealthy couple is not what it seems. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrewswhose books are now major Lifetime TV movies (Flowers in the Attic, Heaven, Ruby)comes a gothic tale of big city dreams gone wrong.

The English countryside is beautiful, but for Emma Corey it cannot compare with the bright lights of New York City. Tired of performing only in pubs and at church, she announces shes moving to Americaand her conservative father disowns her on the spot.

Distraught but undeterred, Emma will become a Broadway staror die trying. Leaving the comforts of her youth is a thrilling adventure. The largeness of the city, her new friends, the boundless opportunities make everything shine with promise. However, New York has a way of chipping away at a newcomers resolve. First a robbery. Then a low-wage job. Then the realization that such a city attracts the young and the talentedcompetitors all.

Just when it seems like Emma might have to admit defeat and return to the UK, she is introduced to a peculiar couple: a wife that cannot bear children of her own, and a husband who would pay Emma to solve that problem.

Emmas father once told her, Money is life. But when Emma trades one for the other and moves into the couples remote estate to participate in an elaborate ruse, theres no telling what kind of life shell have once shes taken the money.

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Another deftly crafted and inherently fascinating read from the pen of V. C. Andrews. Midwest Book Review

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One of the most popular authors of all time,V.C. Andrewshas been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication ofFlowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includesPetals on the Wind,If There Be Thorns,Seeds of Yesterday, andGarden of Shadows. The family saga continues withChristophers Diary: Secrets of Foxworth,Christophers Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, andSecret Brother, as well asBeneath the Attic,Out of the Attic, andShadows of Foxworthas part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five foreign languages.Andrewss life story is told in The Woman Beyond the Attic.Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.