Book description
Growing up in the war-torn backstreets of the East End, Ruby Darke,
mixed-race and hated by her family, is determined not to become
embroiled in a life of crime like her two brothers. After a disastrous
affair with Cornelius Bray, a handsome peer of the realm with dubious
underworld connections, Ruby gives birth to illegitimate twins who are
taken from her at birth: Daisy, born white, is taken to be raised in
luxury by Cornelius and his wife, but the son is dark-skinned like Ruby
and is taken by Ruby's brother, Charlie, to be 'disposed of'. Years
pass, but still Ruby can't forget her babies. Desperate to trace her
son, Ruby forms an alliance with big-time crook Michael Ward, who says
he can help her. But Ruby's frantic efforts to be reunited with her son
and daughter soon put her in the firing line of a man who will stop at
nothing to get what he wants . . .
