I am but a flower withering in the soil in which I have been planted......... Rose Stanley does not seem to fit into her prominent family with their lavish style and high society galas. She does not care to marry the wealthy Astor Boyle that her mother has chosen for her. She would much rather be in the kitchen up to her elbows in flour learning how to cook or down at the old slave quarters teaching a young mute boy the gift of communication. She sees nothing wrong with spending time with a boy she has befriended, even if he is just a stable boy. Her idea of happiness was much different from her mother´s But, there is a secret at the Plantation. A deep, dark secret being kept from Rose. Some seem to hate her for it, some will do anything to protect her from it, but it seems to surround her. What will happen when the secret is revealed and what will be found Where the Rose Petals Fall...?