Midnight in Ruby
Bayou
If you were going to
write a romantic suspense novel, could you find a better title?
Faith Donovan creates “...exquisite
jewelry studded with fabulous gems...”
That’s
a quote from the cover of Midnight in
Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell, and while I’m definitely prejudiced in
favor of gemstones and exquisite jewelry, this sounds like a description that
would tempt anyone!
Faith Donovan makes the jewelry.
Owen Walker knows just about everything with respect to rubies. When Faith
designs and makes a wedding necklace for a friend, using rubies that have been
in the friend’s family for generations (maybe), she’s sucked into family
secrets and scandals and becomes the target of some very nasty would-be jewel
thieves. And the FBI.
Owen to the rescue!
While he’s saving her—and the
rubies—we also get a goodly helping of
two Mafias, since they think Faith has the Sunrise Ruby, an exceptionally fine and large (almost 26
carats) stone which sold for over thirty million dollars. Add a lot of fictional history to a chest
full of more superb old rubies, and it’s easy to understand why Faith became a
target.
Of course I love the parts with
Faith sitting at her jeweler’s bench making that exquisite jewelry or
discussing some of her creations with Owen. And I love the way Owen can talk
about rubies without making it an “As
you know, Faith, all rubies are...” conversation. The gemology never gets in the way of a
thumping good story. I just love the
book!
An oldie but definitely worth
reading.
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