College roommates Julia and Morgan are about as different as two friends could possibly be. Julia is a serious student who is working hard to prepare herself for a career in science. Insecure about men, she has set her sights on gaining a degree that will put her on the path to success. Morgan, on the other hand, concentrates on men rather than grades. Beautiful and flirtatious, she wins over almost every male she meets.

Arriving at the Madera Hacienda with her estranged lawyer father, Ashley Delgado hears rumors of a tragic eighteenth-century death and a long-hidden treasure which someone is willing to kill to keep secret.

"Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of "academia," they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive. Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther,...