Whispering Hearts (House of Secrets)

ISBN: 1501162608

Author: Andrews, V.C.

Condition: Used

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. Andrews-whose 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 America-and her conservative father disowns her on the spot.Distraught but undeterred, Emma will become a Broadway star-or 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 talented-competitors 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.