Edited by Caro1970 at 10-09-2023 13:45
Driven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou,Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make asecure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- herfirst love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now aman of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems theirfuture is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even theshocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husbandand wife in name alone. But the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shutout the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or thecold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keepto give Pearl a loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrivesto taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met,and the only man Ruby will ever long for with all her body and soul, Desperateto find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious newexistence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. Only whenthe storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse therainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family ofher own....
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