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1 Ruby ..
2 Pearl in the Mist ..
3 All That Glitters ..
4 Hidden Jewel ..
5 Tarnished Gold
Gabriel Landry is as beautiful as her beloved bayou. Her high school graduation just days away, Gabriel is blissfully happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Then rich cannery owner Octavious Tate surprises her near a secluded pond and shatters her sweet innocence, forever...
Pregnant and desolate, Gabriel agrees to let Octavious's frigid wife Gladys pretend she's the one who's expecting, and claim the baby as her own. Hiding in a tiny room in the Tate mansion, Gabriel is miserable, awaiting visits from her Mama, whose reputation as a Cajun healer gives her an excuse to treat Gladys Tate's "pregnancy." A twilight gloom settles in Gabriel's soul, until a hunting party brings handsome, gentle Creole millionaire Pierre Dumas to the bayou. Falling desperately in love, she does not heed the warning voice: he may bring more grief than she can bear...
Setting: Louisiana, 1940s
© 1996 by Virginia C. Andrews Trust. Published by Pocket Star Books of New York. Cover and stepback art by Lisa Falkenstern. 320 pages.
In red -- Gabriel Do you have an opinion about who's in the picture? Write to me.
"I don't think the girl on the front cover looks at all like Gabrielle. What happened to her ruby red hair and her dark onyx eyes? Also, isn't she supposed to have Jack's dark complexion?"
"Where is Gabrielle supposed to be? I think in the room she was locked in, because of the smashed dolls. But, why is it covered in spiderwebs? She had to clean it, remember?"
"I thought Gabrielle was supposed to have red hair and dark eyes. Isn't that where Ruby got her red hair from?"
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Tarnished Gold
But nothing is more wrenching than the moment when Gladys takes baby Paul away forever.