For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

A desperate writer seeking to make her fortune no matter what. A series of bestsellers with a mysterious line of appreciation. And a high school English teacher with a peculiarly powerful literary gift. The first line makes all the difference.