num_pages: 350
description: Eileen had not been back to her island home since childhood when her baby sister vanished in a storm her grief-battered mother died her father took to drink. Now heartbroken over her father's death and the loss of her great love she returns to Calayeshi island to claim her inheritance.Odd things begin to happen the moment she steps off the boat. A strange young visitor asks too many questions about the long-lost family jewels. A familiar old white cat claws her; a hawk shrieks at her; a skeleton is reflected in a mirror. And her handsome step-cousin Richard draws her ever more deeply into the life of the island - and into his arms.Is the planned scavenger hunt more than just a party? And who is the mysterious Anna whose resemblance to Eileen is so eerie? Gripped at once by passion and by mystery Eileen realizes that there is no escape from the Island of the Lost Rubies.
language: English
title: Island of Lost Rubies
publisher: Zebra