I thought this was the weakest of the Ruby series, least of all because you know what's coming. My biggest pet peeve was the character's name, Gabriel-in the other books she was called Gabrielle. She does not rise to overcome and aside from Gladys Tate I found the story fairly mild and Gabriel (isn't that the masculine version?) naive to the point that I was glad she died before allowing yet another rich Creole to use and impregnate her.
