Françoise Jamoul Libri

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 daughter, Pearl. At her side once more is Paul Tate, her first love, now a man of dazzling wealth. Whisked away to his grand house, it seems Ruby can forget the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in secret and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the grand walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the cold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys. 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 her body and soul.

Rain Arnold, uprooted from her humble yet affectionate family, finds herself in a world of wealth where she feels alienated. Her love for theater becomes a beacon of hope as she navigates her new life, seeking to uncover hidden family secrets that could reshape her identity and belonging.

Ruby lebt seit über einem Jahr bei der Familie Dumas und erlebt die Pracht des Familienanwesens sowie die Freude väterlicher Liebe, die sie zuvor nicht kannte. Doch das wahre Glück in ihrem neuen Zuhause ist ebenso flüchtig wie der Nebel. Ruby muss sich vor ihrer Stiefmutter Daphne in Acht nehmen, die sie ständig erniedrigt und sich über ihre cajunische Erziehung lustig macht. Auch Rubys Bemühungen, sich mit ihrer verwöhnten Schwester Gisselle anzufreunden – besonders nach dem Autounfall, der Gisselle an den Rollstuhl fesselt – stoßen auf Bitterkeit und Falschheit. Die idyllische Greenwood-Schule, eine exklusive Mädchenschule, die die Schwestern auf den Wunsch ihres Vaters besuchen, scheint Ruby einen Ausweg aus Daphnes Einfluss und die Möglichkeit, sich Gisselle zu nähern, zu bieten. Doch ein Mädchen wie Ruby ist in Greenwood nicht willkommen. Die strenge Direktorin Mrs. Ironwood, mit Daphnes stiller Unterstützung, macht ihr das Leben zur Hölle. Trost findet Ruby in geheimen Treffen mit Beau Andreas, die nicht ohne Folgen bleiben. Als bekannt wird, dass Ruby schwanger ist, wird sie von der Schule verwiesen und kehrt in ihre Heimatbucht zurück...

Summer, ukochana córka Rain, całe życie spędziła w rodzinnej posiadłości w Wirginii. Podobnie jak wszystkie dziewczyny w jej wieku, marzy o miłości i spotkaniu bratniej duszy. Jednak straszna tragedia zmusi Summer, by odkryła własne tajemnice.

Pentalogie: Rubínová zář, Perla v mlze, Falešný třpyt, Utajený drahokam, Matné zlato. Další románová pentalogie, v níž komplikované rodinné vztahy přinášejí nečekané i tragické zvraty událostí. Pearl, dítě, o něž musela vlastní matka bojovat v absurdním soudním sporu, prožila s milujícími rodiči a bratry nádherné dětství a dospěla v okouzlující mladou dámu. Jako premiantka třídy skončila střední školu a má jasnou představu o své budoucnosti. Touží stát se dobrou a úspěšnou lékařkou. Opojný pocit ze společného štěstí, lásky a sounáležitosti naruší stín ponuré minulosti. Tragická nehoda, při níž umírá jeden z bratrů, poznamená životní osudy ostatních členů rodiny. Pearlina matka prchá do zátoky, kde hledá pomoc a rozhřešení. Otec se uzavírá do alkoholem nasáklého světa a Pearl se stává tou vyvolenou, která je schopná bojovat s fatální sudbou. V touze zachránit druhého bratra odjíždí do zátoky, aby vyhledala matku a přivedla ji k bratrově posteli. Po počátečním marném pátrání je Pearl odměněna a nachází útočiště v náručí cajunského muže.

Dawn arrives in New York to study singing at the Bernhard School of Performing Arts, fulfilling her most treasured dream. However, escape from her unhappy past is not so simple.

Laura Logan dreams of a glorious Cape Cod day when all the dark secrets are swept away.... For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of magical days spent enjoying the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary. But then, like the creeping of the tides, the vicious rumors at school begin -- cruel voices saying unspeakable things about the Logans. Laura tries to ignore them, but not until handsome, gentle Robert Royce moves to their town does she feel truly carefree and happy again. While Robert's smile drives the shadows from Laura's heart, she still worries about Cary, whose gloomy moods drift in like the coastal fog. And then Grandma Olivia issues a chilling threat, forbidding Laura to see Robert ever again. Alone to suffer because of dark secrets no one will explain, Laura obeys...until the miracle of a glorious summer leads her back into Robert's arms. But dark thunderclouds have been gathering on the horizon, and when they suddenly burst with tragedy, they howl a name from the Logans' shameful past that plunges Laura into a silent, terrible agony. Now Laura can only dream of the warm, sun-filled life she so desperately desires....

Rain already knows how hard life can be. But she is about to discover a shattering secret from the past that will change her future forever...Growing up in the ghettos of Washington, D.C., the cards are stacked against a hardworking dreamer like Rain Arnold. Rain has fought to be the best daughter she can: she studies hard and gets good grades; she helps her mother cook and clean. And unlike her defiant younger sister, she avoids the dangers of the city streets as if her life depends on it...and it does. But Rain can't suppress the feeling that she has never truly fit in, that she is a stranger in her own world.Then one fateful night, Rain overhears something she shouldn't: a heartbreaking revelation from the past, a long-buried secret that is about to change her life in ways she never could have imagined. In the blink of an eye, everything Rain has ever known -- the family she has loved and the familiar place she has called home is left behind, and Rain is sent to live with total strangers, the wealthy Hudson family. But just as she did not belong to the troubled world she was raised in, Rain is also out of place in this realm of luxury and privilege. With nowhere to turn, Rain finds an escape in the theater, inside the walls of an exclusive private school. But will it be enough to fulfill her heart's deepest wish -- and give her a place to call home?

In the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear the Hudson family secrets — as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon... After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy strikes. Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away - dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world — a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her — and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache.

All that glitters isn't gold.... Wealth. Extravagant parties. Celebrity status. These are things Willow De Beers could only dream of — until now. After discovering deep family secrets in her adoptive father's journal, Willow bids farewell to her North Carolina college town and sets out in search of her birth family amid the ritzy glamour of Palm Beach. Using an assumed name and pretending to conduct a study of one of the nation's wealthiest communities, Willow takes Florida's gem city by storm and quickly encounters Thatcher Eaton, a young lawyer who sweeps her off her feet. But as Willow spirals into a passionate love affair and becomes intoxicated with the lifestyle of the rich and famous, the dark truth about her birth family threatens her fabulous new life, pushing her to the brink of insanity....