Linda Marrow Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Driven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. 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. But 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. 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. 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....

Virginia Andrews est un phénomène. Ses livres mettent en scène des enfants en pleine puberté, souvent confrontés à des adultes présentant des troubles psychologiques qui représentent une menace. L'atmosphère mystique et troublante de ses récits révèle une base réaliste. Andrews écrit de manière si captivante qu'il est difficile de ne pas dévorer ses ouvrages d'une traite. Ce roman complète et conclut la série DAWN. Lillian profite d'une enfance insouciante sur la prospère plantation The Meadows. Cependant, sa sœur Emily lui révèle un secret choquant sur sa naissance. À partir de ce moment, une malédiction semble peser sur elle, la conduisant à croiser le chemin de Bill Cutler, un playboy et propriétaire de l'hôtel Cutler's Cove.