Rumored to be as mad as their mother, the Dunn sisters are the innocent pawns of their cruel father, a ruthless Philadelphia shipping magnate. Since their mother's death, Violet has devoted herself to protecting her fragile sister, Rosemary, but time is running out.Rosemary is about to be put in an asylum and Violet forced to marry.Desperate, Violet devises a plan to escape, but as circumstances conspire against her, she is forced to turn to Sam Glennings, her father's biggest rival, a man trying to forget a past of murder and madness that still haunts him. Forced to trust a man who cannot trust himself, who can give her his love, but not his future, Violet's last and only hope must come from straight the heart, where each new day brings...THE PROMISE OF FLOWERS