Episode list

Ruby Landry is filled with hope as love blooms with her high-school sweetheart Paul Tate, but lingering thoughts of her mother's death and her mysterious father often creep into her mind.

Based on the second book, "Pearl in the Mist" finds Ruby (Raechelle Banno) still struggling to find true happiness after a year of living in her father's lavish mansion. When Ruby and her twin Gisselle (Karina Banno) are sent away to an exclusive girls' boarding school, Ruby hopes for a new start with her sister. But when she is once again shamed for her backwater upbringing, and her cruel headmistress, Mrs. Ironwood (Henner), along with her stepmother Daphne (Bell) and Gisselle, continues to plot against her, she must endure torturous punishments and public humiliation. Ruby holds out hope and continues to dream of a better future until tragedy leaves her alone in a world of deceits.

"All That Glitters" picks up as Ruby is driven from the Dumas mansion and returns to her beloved childhood home in the bayou where she's intent on creating a new life for her baby daughter Pearl. Ruby's high-school sweetheart Paul is there to support her again, and when he moves her into his impressive home, she has new hope for the future. However, Ruby can't escape the judging eyes of Paul's mother Gladys (Gardiner), who knows Ruby and Paul's dark secret, and Gisselle continues to torment Ruby when she reveals news about Beau (Wood), Pearl's real father and Ruby's true love. Ruby longs for another life, and the web of deceit continues when Giselle falls into a coma and Ruby is lured into a twisted plot to be with Beau.

"Hidden Jewel" finds Ruby searching for a new life for her children, desperate to protect her beloved daughter from their family's dark secrets. Raised amid the privileged of New Orleans, Pearl (Laporte) aspires to become a doctor, but when one of her twin brothers has a serious unfortunate accident, Pearl's dreams are threatened and Ruby runs once again to the bayou; when the other brother then becomes dangerously ill, Pearl must journey to the backwaters to find her mother and uncover the mysterious secrets of her past.