![]() It is the third book in the Dollanganger series. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family of her own. If There Be Thorns is a novel by Virginia Andrews which was published in 1981. 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 all her body and soul, Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband and wife in name alone.īut the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a loving father. Their mother, Cathy, is married to Christopher Sheffield. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. If There Be Thorns is narrated by two half-brothers, Jory and Bart Sheffield. Paul Tate - her first love, whom she was forced to abandon - is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Driven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew. ![]()
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