Darkest Hour

By: V.C. Andrews

Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt

Growing up on the thriving plantation called The Meadows, Lillian Booth cherishes the brightest, happiest dreams...

Lillian's world is full of grand parties, sunshine, and promises, as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her little sister, Eugenia. No one, not even her cold, stern Papa and her Bible spouting sister Emily, can crush her spirits—until the day Emily reveals the shattering secret at Lillian's birth, a secret Mama sadly cannot deny.

Still Lillian refuses to believe Emily's hateful claim that she is evil, a curse...even when sweet, gentle Eugenia loses her fragile hold on life, and Mama retreats further into her fantasies. But when tragedy befalls her best friend, the one boy whose tender heart mirrors her own, Lillian comes to believe Emily's grim words. Meekly, she endures her penance, finding a strange solace in the endless repetition of prayers in a room stripped of all comforts. Lillian's heart is torn anew when, in a drunken haze, Papa subjects her to the most brutal degradation. And when Papa loses The Meadows in a card game, Lillian is faced with a new and terrifying prospect. Arrogant, handsome playboy Bill Cutler will return the plantation—if Lillian will marry him! Now Lillian must leave her girlhood home behind, and make a bold new beginning as the mistress of a hotel called Cutler's Cove...

Another Great Book

Been a fan for more than 30 years. I have never been bored or let down. Always great stories

Intriguing

I thought the tell of how it all got started was nice however the ending should have gone a bit further to bring it full circle to the beginning of book one. I remain a Fan of this author…..

good book even out of order

I didn't realize I was not reading a series but it didn't matter it was a good read and now I have to read all of them

Narrator

Great story by a great author but the continued mispronunciation of "Eugenia" killed me every time I heard it. I am truly amazed how some of these narrators go unchecked. To the narrator: It's pronounced "Eugeenia" 😳🙄

Shocking ending

At first, I was not sure if I would like this book as it is told from mean grandmother Cutler’s point of view. Great wrap to the entire series and by far my favorite book in the Dawn series.