Ruby Mildred Ayres
1881 – 1955
Ruby Ayres was born in Watford, England, the third daughter of London-based architect, Ruby Ayres became one of the most prolific romantic novelists of the twentieth century. During her 40 year writing career she wrote 150 novels, all of them romance novels featuring wealthy heroines and rich gentlemen.
Those novels sold a total of eight million copies.
The Phantom Lover
Literary Romance
A chance meeting on New Year’s Eve ignites a gentle, transformative love between Micky and the distraught young Esther
A Bachelor Husband
Literary Romance
Marie’s lifelong love for her adopted brother Christopher becomes complicated when marriage and inheritance entangle their affections, exposing social pressures on love and duty
The Beggar Man
Literary Romance
When gentle, impoverished Faith marries a mysterious “beggar man,” she confronts the harsh realities of class, loyalty, and self-worth
The Second Honeymoon
Literary Romance
Jimmy’s engagement collapses when Cynthia’s troubled past resurfaces, forcing him into a tangled emotional path toward unexpected love
