Rose Montavani by B.W. Folsom Beverly Hills California, the Montavani Estate. In 1927, a world far different than today, 16 year old Rose Montavani is brutally betrayed by Robert Tanner, the boy she thinks the world of. Drugged, Rose is raped first by Robert Tanner, then she learns Robert has orchestrated a surprise for the other boys on his football team. Rose is the surprise. And as the last member of the team rapes Rose, things go horrifically wrong. And Rose Montavani dies. But she does not leave the Montavani Estate. Decades after Rose Montavani, the current occupant of the Montavani estate, Charles Montavani, commits suicide. The only heir is Ian Montavani, party animal extraordinaire. Ian is only too happy to inherit the Montavani Estate. The parties he can have there Daniel Boudreax, attorney and executor of Charles Montavani's will, warns Ian Montavani of the history of the Montavani Estate. But Ian Montavani ignores all advice. His first night at the estate Ian throws a party, with just a few friends. Fifteen friends are invited, fifteen die. And Ian Montavani encounters Rose. The same night that Ian Montavani throws his first and last party, Jill Furrow, orphaned at a very young age, arrives at the Montavani Estate. To see Charles Montavani. Because just days before, Jill received a cryptic handwritten note that Charles Montavani knows who her real mother is. Included with the note is a pawn ticket. From 1927. Jill does not know at the time she arrives that Charles Montavani is already dead. Or the history of the Montavani Estate. Over the course of only a few hours, Jill Furrow, Ian Montavani and Daniel Boudreax realize that the past does not always stay where it belongs.