Jillian had refused to have a sexual relationship with him, claiming it would detract from her youthful face and figure. During the portrait-doll modeling sessions, Tony had Leigh pose nude and started making advances towards her. Eventually, Leigh was placed in Winterhaven, an exclusive boarding school for girls.ĭuring her summer vacation, Leigh served as the model for a new line of toy for Tatterton called a portrait doll. Leigh's only friend on the estate was Troy Tatterton, Tony's 4-year-old brother, and they spent a lot of time together. When Jillian married Tony, she and Leigh moved into Tony's estate, Farthinggale Manor. Leigh's life was happy until her mother left her father for Tony Tatterton, the handsome and wealthy owner of Tatterton Toys, who was about 20 years younger than Jillian. In 1950, a 12-year-old Leigh VanVoreen was the beloved daughter of cruise-ship magnate Cleave VanVoreen and his beautiful Boston socialite wife, Jillian.

Surprised by the discovery, Annie begins to read the tragic story of Leigh. The diary was written by Leigh Van Voreen, Annie's grandmother and Heaven's mother. Annie soon discovers a forgotten diary hidden away in a back drawer in Jillian's suite. Annie, hoping to finally put the past to rest alongside her mother Heaven, feels drawn to the suite that used to be occupied by her great-grandmother, Jillian. The novel opens with Annie Casteel Stonewall returning to Farthinggale Manor ('Farthy') for the funeral of her father, Troy Tatterton. Told primarily from the viewpoint of Heaven Casteel's mother, Leigh VanVoreen, the novel explains her secrets and circumstances as a 13-year-old girl who was forced to flee her wealthy Boston home, resulting in her dying in childbirth and leaving behind her daughter, Heaven, to be raised in the hills of West Virginia.

It is the fifth and final novel in The Casteel Series and is as a prequel to Heaven.

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