Olivia wants to scream but doesn't, trying to save their humiliation from the servants.
When Malcolm discovers her in the room, they finally consummate the marriage, an act that could be considered more of an attack than an act of love Malcolm saying his mother's name as they finish. When exploring the house, she discovers the Swan Room that belonged to Malcolm’s mother and has been kept as a shrine to her. She discovers he is still tormented by his beautiful mother Corinne’s "abandonment" of him when he was five and that it was Olivia's plain looks and money that attracted him to her due to his hatred of beautiful women. She thinks she has found "the one" since this is the first man to ever show interest in her due to her height and plain appearance.They soon get married and Olivia leaves her New London family home, Croxteth Hall, and moves to Malcolm's father's manor, Foxworth Hall, in West Virginia, where Olivia starts to discover the dark secrets about Malcolm that start to kill her love for him.
Garden of Shadows starts with a tall, plain Olivia being rescued from spinsterhood by the smart and handsome Malcolm Foxworth.
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