Helen Honeycutt has a difficult time fitting in with her new husband's friends. When she stumbles upon the secret of her predecessor's death, she must decide if she can ever love again. When Helen falls in love with Emmet, a charismatic television journalist, their sudden marriage creates a rift between her new husband and his oldest friends. When they join the group for a summer at Moonrise, his late wife's family home in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Helen soon falls under the spell of the Victorian mansion, named for its unique but now sadly neglected nocturnal gardens. Someone is determined to drive her away, and when Helen stumbles on the secret behind her predecessor's death, she must decide if she can ever trust-- or love-- again.

Includes an interview with the author, pages [385]-390.