Sarah Bankcroft has always lived at Cherron, the Bankcroft family beautiful, sprawling estate. Once Sarah's mother tended the luxurious rose gardens around Cherron...once Sarah's spoiled, sadistic brother taunted her from across Cherron's vast mahogany dining table...once Sarah's domineering sister forbade Sarah from ever leaving her family's control. Now Sarah sits alone at the dining table, now the roses flourish under her tender care, now Sarah decides who enters and who leaves Cherron, and those who come, stay forever.