Kensington
June 2011
On Sale: June 1, 2011
336 pages ISBN: 0758238614 EAN: 9780758238610 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time sheβs 15, Ruby has developed a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Most everyone in the neighborhood knows you donβt cross Ruby. Only Othella Mae Cartier, daughter of the town tramp, understands what makes Ruby tick.\n\nWhen Ruby discovers sheβs in the family way, sheβs scared for the first time in her life. After hiding her growing belly with baggy dresses, Ruby secretly gives birth to a baby girl at Othellaβs house. With few choices, Othella talks Ruby into giving the child awayβand with the help of a shocking revelation, convinces Ruby to run off with her to New Orleans.\n\nBut nothing can erase Rubyβs memories of the child she lostβor quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her precious baby go. If thereβs a fine line between best friend and worst nightmare, Ruby is surely treading it. Because someday, there will be a reckoning. And when it comes, Othella will learn the hard way that no one knows how to exact revenge quite like Ruby Jean Upshaw β¦
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