Midnight in Ruby BayouMidnight in Ruby Bayou
Commissioned by the pirate-descended Montegeau family to design a ruby wedding necklace, Faith Donovan enlists the help of ruby expert Owen Walker, who finds the assignment troublesome. 200,000 first printing.
Commissioned by the pirate-descended Montegeau family to design a ruby wedding necklace, Faith Donovan enlists the help of ruby expert Owen Walker, who finds the assignment troublesome. Reprint.
Faith Donovan is famous for crafting exquisite jewelry studded with fabulous gems. But the dangerous task of acquiring the rare rubies she needs for her art has taught Faith to be wary of anyone outside her own family -- especially someone like Owen Walker, an adventurer with an intimate knowledge of the ruby trade and man's murderous greed. But now necessity has thrown the them together, as they venture into the shadowy world of the wealthy and mysterious Montegeaus in search of quality stones.
A powerful Georgia clan descended from pirates, the Montegeausare said to possess a staggering fortune in gems, hidden for generations in the legendary Blessing Chest. In the living shadows of historic Ruby Bayou. Faith and Walker are soon drawn into a terrifying web of corruption and betrayal, and haunted by the dark, unfolding secrets of the Montegeaus past and present. For there are those who would kill for the contents of the Blessing Chest. And now two outsiders who have learned too much stand in the way...
“Romantic suspense is her true forte.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell creates suspense and emotional intensity with her classicMidnight in Ruby Bayou, a riveting romantic thriller in her popular four-book series featuring the remarkable Donovan family. A recipient of the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, Lowell delivers a treasure of a story that seamlessly blends passion and peril as a beautiful artist and a dashing adventurer join forces on a hunt for a legendary fortune in gems.Midnight in Ruby Bayou is a treat for Linda Howard, Nora Roberts, and Jayne Ann Krentz fans.
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