'Ruby' is a spellbinding tale set in the Louisiana bayou, where an innocent young girl discovers the dark legacy of her family's tainted past, and the forbidden passions of yesterday that are hers to pay for, time and time again Ruby is about to uncover the shattering truths kept secret by Grandmere for years the reason why Ruby must abandon the handsome and wealthy Paul Tate, the shocking scheme of blackmail and revenge that forced Grandmere to banish Grandpere Jack to his life of drunken depravity and, in a faded photograph, Ruby first glimpses the image of her handsome, wealthy father