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Tarnished Gold

  • 1996 first published
  • 343 pages
  • 27 editions

Published in 1996, Tarnished Gold is a horror and historical romance novel by V.C. Andrews. Much of the action takes place in Louisiana. Readers will find themes of young women, family, swamps and unmarried mothers.

59 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 27 editions across 5 languages.

At about 343 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Tarnished Gold

**Gabriel Landry is as beautiful as her beloved bayou.** Her high school graduation just days away, Gabriel is blissfully happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Then rich cannery owner Octavious Tate surprises her near a secluded pond and shatters her sweet innocence, forever.... Pregnant and desolate, Gabriel agrees to let Octavious's frigid wife Gladys pretend she's the one who's expecting, and claim the baby as her own. Hiding in a tiny room in the Tate mansion, Gabriel is miserable, awaiting visits from her Mama, whose reputation as a Cajun healer gives her an excuse to treat Gladys Tate's "pregnancy." But nothing is more wrenching than the moment when Gladys takes baby Paul away forever. A twilight gloom settles in Gabriel's soul, until a hunting party brings handsome, gentle Creole millionaire Pierre Dumas to the bayou. Falling desperately in love, she does not heed the warning voice: he may bring more grief than she can bear....
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Young women
  • Family
  • Swamps
  • Unmarried mothers
  • Adoption
  • Children
  • Landry family
  • Louisiana
  • Horror
  • Historical romance
  • Families
  • Romance
  • Man-woman relationships

Quick answers

Who wrote Tarnished Gold?

Tarnished Gold was written by V.C. Andrews and first published in 1996.

What genre is Tarnished Gold?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Historical Romance.

How long is Tarnished Gold?

The median edition has 343 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Tarnished Gold?

Readers who like it often enjoy Tender Betrayal, Spanish Serenade:(Louisiana History #7) and Prisoner of Desire:(Louisiana History#4).

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