Landry 03 All That Glitters
by V. C. Andrews
Living again in a
humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her
precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate — her first love, whom she
was forced to abandon — is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling
wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future
is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the
shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain
husband and wife in name alone.But the thick, expensive walls of
Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven
their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother,
Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a
loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to 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,
Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a
precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood
washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the
past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of
sunshine and laughter with a family of her own....
humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her
precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate — her first love, whom she
was forced to abandon — is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling
wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future
is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the
shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain
husband and wife in name alone.But the thick, expensive walls of
Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven
their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother,
Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a
loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to 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,
Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a
precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood
washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the
past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of
sunshine and laughter with a family of her own....