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Landry Series

This gripping family saga delves into the dark secrets and betrayals that haunt generations of an intertwined lineage. Follow protagonists as they navigate ill-fated destinies, forbidden love, and shocking revelations that threaten their very existence. The series is steeped in psychological suspense and emotional depth, weaving past and present as characters seek truth and redemption amidst turbulent circumstances.

Tarnished Gold
Hidden Jewel
All That Glitters
Dunkle Verheißung
Ruby

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  1. Ruby

    • 438 pages
    • 16 hours of reading

    One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense with sheer terror in this provocative first book of the Landry Family series—soon to be a Lifetime movie! An innocent bayou girl is lost to New Orleans in this provocative novel by one of the most popular storytellers of all time. The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian Grandmere Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken grandpere, Jack. Grateful for what she has, Ruby’s life is filled with hope and promise, especially when her attraction to handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a wonderful love affair. But when Paul’s wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a “lowly” Landry girl from the bayou and her grandmere dies, Ruby harnesses her pain into her dream of becoming a great painter. Stumbling upon a faded photograph of her father leads to revelations of a shocking blackmail scheme. Left to find answers on her own, Ruby hunts for her father leads to his massive mansion in New Orleans. Subjected to his world of lies, torment, and madness, Ruby clings to her memories of Paul, knowing that only true love might save her now.

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    4.5

  2. Dunkle Verheißung

    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...

    Dunkle Verheißung2
    4.4

  3. All That Glitters

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    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.

    All That Glitters3
    4.5

  4. Hidden Jewel

    • 373 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    In this thrilling continuation of the Landry series, Pearl Landry grows up in a New Orleans mansion filled with love and laughter, dreaming of becoming a doctor. Despite her idyllic upbringing, she is haunted by nightmares of her past and the dark family secrets that threaten her future. As she prepares for her high school graduation, a festive celebration looms, yet she worries about never experiencing true romantic passion or uncovering her family's hidden truths. Her summer job at an elegant hospital introduces her to a kind intern, but the oppressive Louisiana heat cannot erase the sinister legacy of her family or the dangers that lurk nearby. Tragedy strikes when one of her twin brothers suffers a terrible accident, prompting Ruby to return to her Cajun roots, tormented by her family's past. Pearl's faith in her mother remains strong, but despair deepens when her other brother falls gravely ill and her father retreats into alcoholism. As a hurricane approaches, Pearl's dreams of success seem to vanish. She embarks on a journey to the swamps in search of her mother and the shocking truths of her heritage. In the arms of a gentle Cajun man, she finds solace, but until the storm passes, the sweetness of her dreams remains just out of reach.

    Hidden Jewel4
    4.3

  5. Tarnished Gold

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    Growing up in her beloved swamp, Gabriel is supremely happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Her classmates tease her, calling her "La Femme Au Naturel," the Nature Girl, because she seems more interested in poling her pirogue through the canals than she is in romance. But Gabriel nurtures her own secret dreams. Then, days before her high school graduation, rich cannery owner Octavious Tate surprises her in a secluded pond and shatters her innocence. Pregnant and desolate, wishing to spare her dear Mama the scandal, Gabriel agrees to a shocking plan that will allow Octavious's frigid wife Gladys to claim the baby as her own and will net Gabriel's furious Daddy a huge payoff. Hiding in a tiny abandoned playroom in the Tate mansion, Gabriel is miserable. Her only visitor is Mama, whose mission as a Traiteur, a Cajun healer, gives her an excuse to treat Gladys Tate's "pregnancy." But nothing is more wrenching than the moment Gladys takes baby Paul away forever. Returning home to the swamp, Gabriel drifts in a world of twilight gloom, brightened only by chance glimpses of her son. But as Jack Landry's reputation as a swamp guide grows, a hunting party brings handsome, gentle Creole millionaire Pierre Dumas to the bayou. Falling desperately in love, Gabriel will not heed the voice warning that their joy may bring her more grief than she can bear....

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    4.0