Gideon is the current male time traveler, the eleventh in the circle, also known as the Diamond or Lion. She is immortal and has the ability to interact with ghosts and gargoyles Gideon de Villiers She has two younger siblings, Nick and Caroline, and her best friend is Lesley Hay. Her father, Nicolas, died of leukemia when she was seven years old and her grandfather died when she was 10. Gwyneth is said to be very clumsy, always accidentally dipping the tie of her school uniform in her lunch and tripping over her own feet. She is physically different than the rest of the Montroses having straight dark hair and blue eyes. Though, as she later finds out, she did inherit the time travel gene over her cousin Charlotte, and is the last of twelve time travelers, known as the Ruby. She grows up believing her birthday was on 8 October instead, leading her to think she was not the one to have inherited her family's time travel gene.

She is the daughter of Grace and Nicolas Shepherd, born on 7 October 1994, though in the third book, Emerald Green, it was revealed that her real parents are Lucy and Paul. Will leave readers anticipating the publication of the next installment, Sapphire Blue.Gwyneth (Gwendolyn in the original) Sophie Elizabeth Shepherd is the 16-year-old protagonist of the series. This stunning conclusion to the trilogy reaches new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. Between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she's been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean. Gwen's life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. A bestseller in Germany, the first in the beloved YA trilogy. Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers her family's time-travel gene when she mysteriously lands in the last century. The perfect gift for all the Ruby Red fans.

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