The next installment at V.C. Andrews' best selling show which began with"Flowers in the Attic,""If There Be Thorns" follows Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger as they live together as man and wife together with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature in their parents' relationship. But when a woman befriends the boy and moves in across the street, Bart, he begins a transformation that is strange and exhibits accusatory behaviour towards Christopher and Cathy. When Christopher finds their neighbor is, in reality, his mum Corrine Dollanganger, each one of the family secrets are shown in a tragic climax.