Lily Pierron: In sultry New Orleans any sin can be had for a price. For Lily, a legendary madam, that price is her daugher, Hope.

Hope Pierron St. Germaine: By day, the elegant and pious wife of a healthy hotelier, and devoted mother to Glory. By night, she succumbs to the unholy passions that threaten to destroy her.

Glory St. Germaine: Unaware of her family's shameful secrets, Glory suffers the consequences of a darkness she doesn't even know exists. Headstrong and reckless, Glory finds forbidden love ? with the one man know knows everything about the Pierron women . . .