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" A] mesmerizing alchemy of fairy-tale fantasy and Hollywood glitz. . . about an L.A. nanny who uses magic to land the hunk of her dreams." --PeopleFrom the beloved author of Necklace of Kisses comes a modern-day fairy tale of a willful and intuitive heroine and a world of shocking realism and transcendent magicFrancesca Lia Block, with co-writer Carmen Staton, introduces readers to Ruby, a Midwestern girl named for the jewel that is believed to ward off evil spirits. Ruby's special gift is a sixth sense that makes her at one with nature and gives her the ability to know her own destiny.After growing up in an abusive family, Ruby escapes to Los Angeles and learns of her soulmate -- Orion -- a British actor. She travels to England, where she works at a potions and herbs shop, and through a series of coincidental circumstances, ends up nursing Orion back to health without confessing that she has been on a quest to find him all along. But just when she thinks her dream is becoming a reality, Ruby is stopped in her tracks by the violent demons of her past. Only by facing the darkness together can she and Orion finally fulfill their destiny.In Ruby, readers will find a story about the power of our minds to overcome the past and ultimately change the course of our lives.
This is the most ambitious book ever published on the ruby, the king of gems. From Emperors and Empresses, Kings and Queens, Maharanis to Hollywood royalty, a stunning array of style icons are shown wearing their favourite ruby jewelry, alongside classic images of rubies from art, advertising and fashion. The book also showcases sixty of the world’s most significant and renowned pieces of ruby jewelry, including many previously unseen designs from royal and private collections. Historic creations are represented alongside pieces from major modern jewelry houses, among them Cartier, Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chaumet, Harry Winston and Graff. Additionally, Ruby offers practical guidance on what to look for in a quality ruby.
Ruby
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
2003
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Having received an inheritance from their long-lost father, Ruby Torvald and her young sister, Opal, journey to Dakota Territory, where they are shocked to discover that the inheritance is very different from the legacy of gold that they expected. Original.
When I first saw her, This heart died; Knowing it was her and would always be.Years later waiting for resurrection, "You came" Resurrecting me, To keep hold of my breath."Twice a murdered heart".
Rosie and her best mates Soph and Abs are three regular girls. They like regular-girl things; they eat regular-girl food and wear regular-girl gear. In book one in the "Megastar Mysteries" series, their regular-girl lives are turned upside down when Rosie gets caught up with a desperate plea for help from a mega pop star, Mirage Mullins, who's doing a signing in their local record shop. The girls don't know quite what to do, but they'll go to any lengths to help save the career of their favourite pop star. The trio of friends must find a way to solve the murky mystery surrounding Mirage's gorgeous stepbrother, Joe, and they resolve to get to the bottom of the strange behaviour of Mirage's manager, Simone Jones. Over the course of the "Megastar Mysteries" series, Rosie and her friends unintentionally stumble upon other celebrity mysteries that need solving and, much to their delight, are always finding themselves in demand by mega stars with mega problems. The girls help rising West End star Estelle realise that family's more important than fame, conspire to keep the ending of famous author Hollie's latest novel under wraps, and foil a plant to sabotage of child actress Scarlett's new singing career.
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016***'LUMINOUS' Guardian'STUNNING' New York Times'EXCEPTIONAL' Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city-the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village-all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion and courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust and gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom's Juke, to Celia Jennings's kitchen, where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man's dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love.
★He needs a strong wife as a pawn to flush out a killer★Bonus: The Daughters of the Dagger Prequel is included in the paperback of Ruby.Ruby de Burgh acts more like the son her father always wanted, rather than a lady. She is not pleased to discover that her father offered Lord Sheffield - The Lord of Death - his choice of any of his daughters. What's even more upsetting is that Lord Sheffield has chosen her Lord Nyle Dacre of Sheffield needs a wife so he can carry out his secret mission. After losing three wives in a matter of months, it is obvious their deaths were no accidents. He is sure they were all murdered. To catch the murderer, this time he chooses a wife as bait who he knows can wield a sword and hold her own against any attacker. Lady Ruby is just the girl he's been looking for. But when danger stalks her, he realizes that all he wants to do is protect her.Will murder and mayhem place a wedge between an unconventional bride and the Lord of Death? Or will emotions rising to the surface bring them closer together?*Daughters of the Dagger Series is continued with the Madman MacKeefe Series.
Ruby begins in the summer of 1965 as she takes us on a journey with the flamboyant and carefree Candace, her mother whose attempt at preventing Ruby the heartache of an unhappy marriage and unfulfilled dreams sends her spinning into her youth years with a future and a hope. Week-end outings to the theater, the beach, and expensive shopping trips opens the young girl to a life outside the abusive home. She sees that there is a world where life is good and dreams can come true. Unexpectedly the teenager finds herself alone. Her mantra, "Ruby dances in her dreams, Momma cooks and cleans and cleans. Daddy mustn't ever know, that Ruby loves her dancing so," becomes the catalyst that, along with her naivet , sends her to the streets of NY grasping for meaning and purpose to the tragedy of her mother's death. Thirty years later, through Ruby's daughter Abby, secrets that Ruby has kept buried for three decades begin to surface. Candace's hope for her daughter finally comes true once fate rises to meet her and forces the truth of her life in New York to surface. Ruby delves relentlessly into the vortex of shattered lives - and then - suddenly, beautifully, wondrously, it discovers hope. in the very darkness of a loathsome and frightening world there glimmers a profound and thorough declaration of individual redemption.
Secrets can be cruel especially when they span generations. What Hope Morgan learns from her mother's love story turns her world inside out. How many secrets did Ruby keep from her daughter?Hope Morgan has always had difficulty understanding her mother, Ruby. Now as illness threatens to take her mother's life she discovers that her family history is not what she thought. Ruby begins to reveal secrets that have been kept for generations.Who was Edward Fields in her mother's life, Hope wonders, and why has she kept his letters for so many years? What was the butterfly love story they shared? And did Hope's father, George know about it?While Ruby weathered the Great Depression as a child and the sorrows of World War II as a young bride, her faith grew and the promises Edward shared with her gave her strength to see her through. Will she have the strength to finally reveal the last secret she holds?
