V.C. Andrews: The Landry Series Collection

Her life filled with hope and promise, young Ruby Landry is grateful for all she has, living a simple and happy existence in the heart of the Louisiana bayou. But innocence cannot last forever, and when her loving grandmother and guardian passes away, a devastated Ruby must confront a new reality in the city of New Orleans, torn between a newfound love, and shocking revelations of her family's mysterious past.

RUBY: In a faded photograph, Ruby glimpses for the first time the image of her father--and learns of a shameful deception and a shocking scheme of blackmail that now must come to light. Stunned by these revelations, she is devastated when Grand-mere dies, leaving her to seek out her father in his vast New Orleans mansion.

PEARL IN THE MIST: Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendour of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known.... Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing.

ALL THAT GLITTERS: 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 a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl.

HIDDEN JEWEL: With all the finest families wishing her well, her high school graduation party is almost as festive as Mardi Gras itself. But the sultry Louisiana heat only seems to intensify her family's sinful legacy and when a cruel accident befalls one of Pearl's twin brothers, her tormented mother flees back to her Cajun roots.

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