Pearl in the Mist by V.C. Andrews [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1994

Pearl in the Mist by V.C. Andrews  [finished Posthumously by Andrew Neiderman.] [LANDRY #2] FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1994] POCKET BOOKS 1st printing w/ awesome, metallic embossed, peek-a-boo cover with stepback beneath. Some creasing to spine and stepback.  Reads like new.  *Looks like back cover had something detatched from a perforated edge. Fate whisked Ruby from a simple life in the Louisiana Bayou. But her new riches bring more treachery than happiness... Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendor of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known. But true happiness in her new home is as elusive as the swamp mist. Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, Daphne, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her twin sister, Gisselle -- especially since Gisselle's crippling accident -- is answered with bitterness and vicious backstabbing. So idy