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Dawn

In her fine new Virginia school, Dawn Longchamp feels happy and safe. But nothing is what it seems... Now Dawn and her older brother Jimmy have a chance for a decent, respectable life, and Dawn's secret, precious hope to study singing can come true. Philip Cutler, the handsomest boy in school, sets Dawn's heart on fire. She is deeply devoted to her brooding brother; but with Philip, she imagines a lovely dream of romance...

Then Dawn's mother suddenly dies, and her entire world begins to crumble. After a terrible new shock, she is thrust into a different family and an evil web of unspoken sins. Her sweet innocence lost, humiliated and scorned, Dawn is desperate to find Jimmy again and...strip away the wicked lies that will change all their lives forever!

Secrets of the Morning

Shadowed by her tortured past, Dawn has a bright new life of glimmering hopes...

Dawn can hardly believe she's a student at one of New York City's best music schools. Now her most precious wish, to become a singer, can come true. But Dawn still dreams about Jimmy, her strong, intense boyfriend, and the love and anguished secrets they share.

Then Michael Sutton arrives, a new teacher at the school, a singing star and the most wonderful looking man Dawn has ever seen. Together they create a world of feeling Dawn has never known. In his embrace Dawn awakens to disturbing, unfamiliar desires, and Michael's promises offer a vision of music and romance forever...until he disappears.

Dazed by his cruelty, alone with the bitter fruit of his betrayal, Dawn becomes, once again, a victim of her grandmothers twisted schemes. Desolate, she clings to the tender hope that Jimmy will return and renew with her their deepest hearts' dream...

Twilight's Child

As Mrs. James Gary Longchamp, Dawn is blissfully happy. But a legacy of deceit and betrayal still haunts her...

At last Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel...and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own.

Yet Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence everywhere...can feel her bitter hatred as if the old lady plotted her vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother, Philip, still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is heartstricken. Her spiteful, jealous sister, Clara, is far easier to ignore...until the day Clara's childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn's most cherished, precious dream.

Then Christie's father, debonair singing star Michael Sutton, returns. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy...for only with Jimmy's love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.

Midnight Whispers

Happy and innocent, Dawn's daughter Christie has grown up in the safest, most loving of homes...

Yet Christie can't help feeling as if a dark cloud hovers over Cutler's Cove...a cloud whose origins lie in her family's troubled history, and the many questions no one, not even Dawn, will answer. Only one person can always chase away her blues: Gavin, Daddy Jimmy's young and handsome stepbrother.

Then, in one harsh night, Christie's world is changed forever. She is shocked to discover her Uncle Philip's unbrotherly love for her mother but even worse is the way he now looks at Christie, his eyes bright with tortured passion. Fleeing to New York City, she finds her real father...a pathetic, helpless has-been. Desperate and heartbroken, she turns to Gavin, who travels with her to The Meadows, the plantation where Christie was born. In Gavin's arms, in the first, tender moments of true love, Christie finds a refuge from her painful memories. But The Meadows is blighted by its own dark secrets -- and all too soon Christie is torn from Gavin's embrace. Now as black storms of evil gather around her, Christie must struggle to break the cruel bonds of the past...to defy the curse that has haunted Cutler's Cove for generations....

Darkest Hour

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

Lillian's world is full of grand parties, of 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. Then Papa loses The Meadows in a card game, and 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...

Cutler Characters

Major Characters

Jed Booth:
Husband to Georgia
Father of Emily, Eugenia, & Charlotte

Georgia Booth:
Wife to Jed
Mother of Emily & Eugenia
Sister to Violet

Violet & Andrew:
Lillian's parents

Lillian Booth Cutler:
Wife to William
Mother of Charlotte & Randolph

"Miss" Emily Booth:
Daughter of Jed and Georgia Booth

Eugenia Booth:
Daughter of Jed and Georgia Booth

Charlotte Booth:
Daughter of Jed & Lillian
Mother of Homer

Luther Slope:
Son of Charles and Vera Slope
Father of Homer

Homer Slope Douglas:
Son of Luther & Charlotte

William "Bill" Cutler:
Husband to Lillian
Father of Randolph & Dawn

Randolph Boyse Cutler:
Son of William and Lillian
Husband to Laura Sue
Father of Philip

Laura Sue Thomas Cutler Alcott:
1st wife to Randolph
2nd wife to Bronson
Mother of Philip, Dawn, & Clara Sue

Bronson Alcott:
Husband to Laura Sue
Father of Clara Sue

Philip Cutler:
Husband to Betty Ann
Father of Melanie & Richard
Son of Randolph & Laura Sue

"Dawn" Eugenia Grace Cutler Longchamp:
Wife to Jimmy
Mother of Christie & Jefferson
Daughter of William & Laura Sue

Clara Sue Cutler (Alcott):
Daughter of Laura Sue & Bronson

Ormand Longchamp:
1st husband to Sally Jean
2nd husband to Edwina
Father of Jimmy, Fern, & Gavin

Sally Jean Longchamp:
Wife to Ormand
Mother of Jimmy & Fern

James "Jimmy" Gary Longchamp:
Husband to Dawn
Father of Jefferson
Son of Ormand & Sally Jean

Fern Longchamp ("Kelly Ann Osborne"):
Daughter of Ormand & Sally Jean

Edwina Freemont Longchamp:
Wife to Ormand
Mother of Gavin

Gavin Steven Longchamp:
Son of Edwina & Ormand

Michael Sutton:
Father of Christie

Christie (Sutton) Longchamp:
Daughter of Dawn & Michael
(Adoptive name was Violet Compton.)

Sanford & Patricia Compton:
Adopted Christie (illegally)

Jefferson Longchamp:
Son of Dawn & Jimmy

Betty Ann Monroe Cutler:
Wife to Philip
Mother of Melanie & Richard

Melanie Rose & Richard Stanley Cutler:
Children of Philip & Betty Ann (twins)

Minor Characters

WHERE CHARACTER 1ST INTRODUCED:

(D) - Dawn
(SOTM) - Secrets of the Morning
(TW) - Twilight's Child
(MW) - Midnight Whispers
(DH) - Darkest Hour

@ Emerson Peabody:

TEACHERS:
(D) Mrs. Turnbell/"Turnkey" - principal
(D) Miss Jackson - Turnbell's secretary
(D) Mr. Wengrow
(D) Mrs. Allen
(D) Mr. Moore - music teacher

STUDENTS:
(D) Michael Standard
(D) Louise Williams
(D) Linda Ann Brandise
(D) Margaret Ann Stanton
(D) Diane Elaine Wilson
(D) Melissa Lee Norton
(D) Mary Jo Alcott
(D) Rebecca Clare Longstreet
(D) Stephanie Kay Sumpter
(D) Brandon
(D) Marshall

@ Cutler's Cove:

(D) Collins - maitre d'
(D) Mrs. Mary Boston - head maid
(D) Mr. Stanely - worker
(D) Agatha Johnson - ex-maid
(D) Sissy - chambermaid
(D) Dr. Madeo - Laura Sue's doctor
(D) Bertha - Clara Sue's old nanny
(D) Mrs. Lila Dalton - Dawn's nurse (at birth)
(D) Burt Hornbeck - worker
(D) Mrs. Clairmont - guest
(D) Leo & Beryle Coons - Jimmy's foster parents
(D) Blossom - chambermaid (before Dawn)
(D) Felix - handyman (before Dawn)
(D) Thomas - guest
(D) The Allan's - 2nd foster parents to Jimmy
(SOTM) Nussbaum - chef
(SOTM) Mrs. Hill
(SOTM) Mr. Updike - Cutler lawyer
(TC) Millie Francis - laundry worker
(TC) Mr. Dorfman - hotel comptroller
(TC) Clarence Potter - Sissy's fiance
(TC) Patty - chambermaid
(TC) Norton Green - headwaiter
(TC) Julius Barker - driver
(TC) Mrs. Updike
(TC) Mrs. Dorfman
(TC) Buster Morris - groundskeeper
(TC) Mr. Steidman
(TC) Mrs. Bradley - receptionist
(TC) Dr. Lester
(TC) Robert Garwood - cheif bellhop
(TC) Mr. Parkins - local bank president
(TC) Claudine & Stuart Monroe - Betty's parents
(TC) Charlie Goodwin - one of Clara's boyfriends
(TC) Skipper - one of Clara's boyfriends
(TC) Mr. Youngman - principal
(TC) Florence Eltz - desk worker
(TC) Mrs. Caldwell - twin's nurse
(TC) Milt Jacobs - piano player
(TC) Mr. "Quarters" Caruthers - guest
(TC) Catherine Peabody
(TC) Elaina Diana - hairdresser
(TC) Mr. Simon - P.I.
(MW) Leon - Nussbaum's assistant
(MW) Mr. Wittleman - Christie's piano teacher
(MW) Raymond Sanders - Student
(MW) Pauline Bradley - Christie's friend
(MW) Tony, Doug, & Jerry - friends of Gavin's
(MW) Ricky Smith & Warren Stein - Students
(MW) The Hammerstein's & the Malamud's - guests at Sweet 16 Party
(MW) Billy - fireman
(MW) Dr. Stanley
(MW) Buzz - one of Fern's boyfriends
(MW) Louise - one of Betty's friends
(MW) Lou Ann - Mrs. Boston's sister
(MW) Mrs. Stoddard - housekeeper
(MW) Charley Robinson - policeman
(MW) Henry - policeman
(DH) Horace & Marion Dobbs - owners of Dew Drop Inn
(DH) Mrs. Oaks - Bill's mother's nurse

@ Bernhardt School for Performing Arts:

(SOTM) Agnes - House mother
(SOTM) Mrs. Liddy
(SOTM) Mr. Fairbanks - Agnes' grandfather clock
(SOTM) The Bedlock Twins - Beneatha & Samantha
(SOTM) Donald Rossi
(SOTM) Trisha Kramer - Dawn's roommates
(SOTM) Arthur Garwood ("Bones")
(SOTM) Bernard & Louelle Garwood - Arthur's parents
(SOTM) Mr. VanDan - Teacher
(SOTM) Victor - Trisha's boyfriend
(SOTM) Graham Hill - Student
(SOTM) Madam Steichen - Piano instructor
(SOTM) Mr. Updike - Dean
(SOTM) Sanford Littleton - old boyfriend of Agnes
(SOTM) Richard Taylor - Student
(SOTM) Erik Richards - Student
(SOTM) "Allan Higgins" - name Dawn created for Michael Sutton
(SOTM) Ellie Parker - Student

New York:

(D) Miriam Levy - passenger on plane with Dawn
(D) "Butch" Johnny Wilson - helped Dawn at airport
(SOTM) Dr. Stevens
(MW) Catherine - friend of Michael Sutton

@ The Meadows:

(SOTM) Mr. Nelson - general store owner
(TC) Reverend & Mr. Carter
(MW) "Kasey Lady" - pet Charlotte spoke of
(MW) Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Douglas - Homer's "parents"
(MW) Howdy Fred - neighbor
(MW) "Morty" Morton Findly Atwood - one of Fern's boyfriends
(DH) Henry Patton - worker
(DH) Louella - cook
(DH) The Wilkes - neighbors
(DH) Miss Walker - teacher
(DH) Samuel Turner - student
(DH) Jimmy Wilson - student
(DH) Betty Lou & Emma Jean Thompson - students/twin sisters
(DH) Martha Hatch - neighbor
(DH) Mrs. Nelson - neighbor
(DH) Niles Thompson - Lillian's boyfriend
(DH) Lila Cavert - student
(DH) Caroline O'Hara - student
(DH) Doctor Cory
(DH) Tottie Fields - chambermaid
(DH) "Belle" & "Babe" - horses
(DH) "Cotton" - pet kitten
(DH) Charlie Gordon - student
(DH) Jimmie Turner - student
(DH) Darlene Scott - friend of Jed's
(DH) Mr. Templeton - Eugenia's tutor
(DH) Mrs. Dowling - Friend to Georgia
(DH) Julia Summers - character in one of Georgia's books
(DH) Robert Martin - student
(DH) Erna Elliot - student
(DH) Shirley Potter - student
(DH) Emma Whitehall - friend to Georgia
(DH) Roberta Smith - student
(DH) Martha Atwood - friend to Georgia
(DH) Billy Simpson - student
(DH) Charles & Vera Slope - Luther's parents
(DH) Belinda - someone Georgia spoke of
(DH) Pendleton's - family Vera spoke of
(DH) Clark Jones - servant
(DH) Mr. & Mrs. William Thompson - Niles's parents
(DH) Mrs. Coons - midwife
(DH) Mrs. Clark - Charlotte's nanny

@ Buella Woods:

(TC) Livingston - butler
(TC) Alexandria Alcott - Bronson's sister (deceased)
(TC) Simon Thomas - Laura Sue's father
(MW) Mrs. Berme - Laura's private nurse
(MW) Humbrick - butler

in Saddle Creek, VA:

(SOM) Felix Humbrick - Compton's lawyer
(SOM) Frazer - Compton's butler