CRUSHED VIOLETS is the story of sibling rivalry. Victoria Simmons, now a very successful interior designer, has a decision to make. Secrets that have been concealed a lifetime, now have to be told. Orphaned as a child she is left with only a sister for company. A sister whose hatred and jealousy leads them both on a road to rape, attempted murder and eventually death. Now the time has come to explain to her niece the truth about her parents and hope that in telling the truth she will be exonerated. Awaiting the arrival of her family at their holiday home in Brittany, Victoria contemplates her past and considers her future. Was she right to do the things she had to do? Will her niece ever forgive her? All she could do is hope and, at last, tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.