Où l'on découvre l'origine de la naissance de Ruby, à travers l'histoire de sa mère, Gabrielle, dans le bayou cajun.

D'or et de cendres: Les origines de la famille Landry (La famille Landry, #5)

Découvrez à votre tour ces quatre enfants séquestrés dans Un immense et ténébreux grenier, avec juste de quoi subsister. Pour quelques semaines seulement, leur a-t-on dit...Alors, pour oublier, ils font de ce grenier le royaume de leurs jeux et de leurs rêves, le refuge secret de leur tendresse, à l'abri du monde.Mais les semaines deviennent des mois, des années... et le grenier, tin enfer pour ces enfants, devenus adolescents, qui se découvrent des haines et des désirs d'adultes.Leur seul rêve est désormais de s'évader... à n'importe quel prix.

Fleurs captives (La Famille Dollanganger, #1)

Bart, âgé désormais de vingt-cinq ans, hérite de Foxworth, la demeure maudite, qu'il restaure entièrement. La grande fête qu'il y organise prend vite l'allure d'un nouveau départ pour cette famille meurtrie et déchirée depuis plus de quarante ans. Ainsi, la rivalité entre Bart, l'ambitieux, le mal-aimé, et son frère Jory, danseur étoile au firmament de sa carrière, est peut-être enfin appelée à se résorber, ou bien au contraire à s'amplifier de manière irréversible. Marqué du sceau de leur passé, mais à jamais unis par d'inaltérables sentiments, Christopher et Cathy devront une nouvelle fois surmonter la malédiction qui pèse sur Foxworth pour espérer goûter ce bonheur qui les a toujours fuis.

Les racines du passé (Fleurs captives, #4)

Son père l'a abandonnée à sa naissance; sa mère, qui a sombré dans l'alcool et la drogue, se retrouve en prison. A douze ans, Rebecca ne peut vivre seule et est recueillie par son oncle et sa tante.L'oncle Reuben est un homme injuste et violent, qui la traite comme une domestique et n'hésite pas à la frapper. Certes, la tante Clara est une brave femme, mais trop terrorisée par son mari pour prendre la défense de Rebecca. Quant à Jennifer - sa cousine, d'un an son aînée -, c'est une vraie peste. Finalement, cette "vie de famille" est un enfer qui ne vaut guère mieux que l'orphelinat.Le jour où son professeur de gymnastique découvre par hasard les marques qu'elle porte sur le corps, Rebecca ose enfin parler. Le tribunal pour enfants décide alors de la placer dans une maison d'accueil. Où elle fait la connaissance de Janet, de Crystal et de Brenda, dont la vie jusqu'à présent n'a pas été plus drôle que la sienne.

Rebecca (Les orphelines, #4)

In the heart of the bayou, Ruby Landry lives a simple, happy life. But innocence can't last forever...  The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian, Grandmère Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken, outcast Grandpèrb Jack. Although thinking about her dead mother and mysterious father sometimes makes her feel as mournful as the wind sighing through the Spanish moss, Ruby is grateful for all she has. Her life is filled with hope and promise...especially when her attraction for handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a mysterious, wonderful love. But Paul's wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and Grandmère urges her to follow her dream of becoming a great painter, foreseeing a time when Ruby will be surrounded with riches in the dazzling city of New Orleans! Yet she cannot know how close that uncertain future looms....  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 Grandmère dies, leaving her to seek out her father in his vast New Orleans mansion. There, in a house of lies, madness, and cruel torment, Ruby clings to her memories of Paul to keep her heart alive. For only their love can save her now....

Ruby (La Famille Landry, #1)

Fate whisked Ruby from a simple life in the Louisiana Bayou. But her new riches bring more treachery than happiness...  Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendor of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known. But true happiness in her new home is as elusive as the swamp mist. Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, Daphne, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her twin sister, Gisselle -- especially since Gisselle's crippling accident -- is answered with bitterness and vicious backstabbing.  So idyllic Greenwood -- the exclusive girls' boarding school that her father has chosen for his daughters' senior year -- seems to promise some peace from the conniving Daphne, and maybe even a fresh start with Gisselle. But Ruby's kind isn't welcome at Greenwood, and the legendarily strict headmistress, Mrs. Ironwood, plots with her stepmother to make her life miserable. Meanwhile, Gisselle is on a mission to break every school rule, leaving Ruby to suffer the humiliating punishments. But Ruby doesn't lose hope -- until a terrible tragedy leaves her alone in a world that never really wanted her. Ruby will have to summon every last ounce of her Cajun strength to reclaim her home, her future, and the happiness she once knew....--back cover

Perle (La famille Landry, #2)

AS MRS. JAMES GARY LONGCHAMP, DAWN IS BLISSFULLY HAPPY. BUT A LEGACY OF DECEIT AND BETRAYAL STILL HAUNTS HER ...At last, Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own.Yet Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence everywhere ... can feel her bitter hatred as if the old lady plotted her vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother, Philip, still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is heartstricken. Her spiteful, jealous sister, Clara, is far easier to ignore until the day Clara's childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn's most cherished, precious dream.Then Christie's father, debonair singing star Michael Sutton, returns. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy ... for only with Jimmy's love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.

L'enfant du crépuscule

Ruby Landry is a 15-year -old Cajun girl who lives on the Louisiana bayou. An illegitimate child whose young mother died at her birth, Ruby lives with her Grandmere Catherine. Her Grandpere Jack lives in the swamp, an outcast, drinking and gambling his money away. When Ruby falls in love with Paul Tate, the son of a rich cannery owner, both families disapprove of the relationship. Now Grandmere must reveal the shattering secret she has kept for years. Stunned by these revelations, Ruby is devastated when Grandmere succumbs to a sudden illness, leaving her to seek out her father in his New Orleans mansion. There, in a house of lies, madness and cruel torment, Ruby clings to her memories of Paul to keep her heart alive. For only their love can save her now.

D'or et de cendres: Les origines de la famille Landry (La famille Landry, #5)

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