Pearl in the Mist : the Landry Family Series #2

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 D 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.... 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 **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 a 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.... Despite her new life in the Dumas family mansion in New Orleans, Ruby must cope with the enmity of her stepmother, the bitterness of her crippled twin sister Gisselle, and the strict headmistress of Greenwood School, who plots to make her life miserable. Ruby is living in the Dumas family's grand New Orleans mansion, rejoicing in the love of a father she has never known. But Ruby also has to contend with the cruelty of Daphne, her father's wife, and her stepsister Giselle, who is bitter and hostile. Despite attempts to fit into her newfound family and befriend her twin sister, Ruby continually encounters only evil, bitterness, backstabbing and tragedy The rap, rap, rapping of a woodpecker woke me out of a restless sleep.