Ivy is used to being overlooked the youngest in a family of thieves, scoundrels, and roustabouts. The girl with the flame colored hair and odd colored eyes is declared useless by her father from the day she is born. But that’s only if you look at her, but don’t see. For Ivy has a quality that makes people take notice. It’s more than beauty and it draws people toward her, which makes her the perfect subject for an aspiring painter named Oscar Aretino Frosdick. Oscars determined to make his mark on the art world, with Ivy as his model and muse. But beyond Ivy’s angelic looks lurk, dark secrets, and a troubled past— a past that has given her an unfortunate addiction to a dangerous drug. And when treachery and jealousy surface in the Eden, that is the artist garden, Ivy must learn to be more than a pretty face, if she is to survive.