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When a high-powered gallery owner collides with an offbeat artist, it's the perfect recipe for disaster. Sasha is widowed and knows she was lucky to have been married to a wonderful man. Liam's impulsive behavior has helped tear his marriage apart. While Sasha has been building her Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most striking young painters of his time.

This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women – a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the 18th century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.

In the early 1920s, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife's belief in ancient tradition. Twenty years later, his 18-year-old daughter Hiroko, torn between her mother's traditions and her father's wishes, boarded SS Nagoya Maru to come to California for an education, and to make her father proud. It was August 1941.

From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, Gabriella Harrison watches the guests arrive at her parents' lavish Manhattan townhouse. At seven, she knows she is an intruder in her parents' party, in her parents' life. But she can't resist the magic. Later, she waits for the click, click, click of her mother's high heels, the angry words, and the pain that will follow. Gabriella already knows to hide her bruises, certain she is to blame for her mother's rage - and her father's failure to protect her. Her world is a confusing blend of terror, betrayal, and pain.

Scandale et tragédies dans les coulisses d'un palace parisien. Après quatre ans de rénovations, le Louis XVI s'apprête à rouvrir ses portes. Le nouveau manager et son adjointe sont bien décidés à accueillir avec l'élégance requise les habitués, et ceux qui découvrent le palace parisien. Hélas, rien ne se passe comme prévu : voilà qu'un crime affreux est perpétré dans la suite d'un politicien en vue et qu'un terrible problème de santé menace de briser les rêves d'un jeune couple.

In Northern California two successful CEOs are both indispensable to their growing companies’ futures. Both are brilliant at the power game. But the difference between them is huge. One is a man, the other a woman. In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel explores what that means as she takes listeners into the rarefied world of those at the pinnacle of international business and reveals the irrevocable choices they make, what drives them, and how others perceive them. The heady drug of power impacts everything they do.

Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In eighteen years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a warm, happy home near San Francisco, in a house on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. It began like any other Christmas morning, with joy and children's laughter. But for Jack Sutherland, a five-minute errand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is alone, facing painful questions in the wake of an unbearable loss.

To look at one was to see the other. For her family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful -- a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the First World War escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Hendersons' life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine-year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that for the sake of his son he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could managa, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefield of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have.

Hotellet lå på en stille gade på Manhattan, det var gammelt, nedslidt og forfaldent, men for Hugues Martin var det en usleben diamant med stort potentiale, og efter års renovering lykkes det ham at forvandle det til et af verdens fornemste luksushoteller. Under Hugues' ledelse bliver hotellet snart kendt for sin tidløse elegance, professionelle service og diskretion - et ideelt paradis for så vel New Yorks rige og berømte som Hugues' smukke unge kone og deres lille datter.

I Tyskland på taersklen til Anden Verdenskrig, lever de to venner og enkemaend, Nicolas og Alex, hver deres fredfyldte liv med deres børn. Nicolas og hans families sikkerhed bliver dog truet, da hemmeligheden om hans afstamning kommer frem. For at overleve må familien flygte til Amerika, og det eneste som Nicolas og hans sønner kan tage med sig er deres otte fuldblodsheste. To af dem er lipizzanere og en gave fra Alex.

Late 1930's Germany: Best friends Alex von Hemmerle and Nicolas von Bingen, titled childhood friends with neighboring estates, are witnessing the rise of Nazism when Nick's father reveals the long-buried secret of his son's partial Jewish ancestry. Warned by highly placed friends to flee, the only treasures Nick and his sons can take are two dazzling Lipizzaner horses, gifts from Alex. These powerful and majestic creatures become their ticket to a new life waiting across the ocean.

À la vie, à la mort... La vie d'Audrey Parker change à jamais quand son frère est tué lors de l'attaque de Pearl Harbor. Fraîchement sorties de l'école d'infirmière, la jeune femme et son amie Lizzie s'engagent dans l'armée américaine pour contribuer à l'effort de guerre. Elles y font la connaissance d'Alex, fille d'un grand banquier new-yorkais, et de Louise, qui se bat depuis toujours contre les préjugés raciaux. Bientôt envoyées en Angleterre, où elles rapatrient par avion les soldats alliés blessés sur le front, ces héroïnes de l'ombre risquent leur vie à chaque mission.

After his wife leaves him for another man, Hugues Martin’s life revolves solely around two things – the celebrated five-star hotel he owns and manages in New York City and his daughter Heloise. At four, Heloise becomes the only woman in her father’s life; by seven, she is the undisputed queen of the Hotel Vendome. And as the years pass, despite her mother’s abandonment, she basks in her father’s love, the devotion of the hotel’s staff, and the affection of its guests. But their little world is transformed forever when Heloise moves to France for hotel school....

Da ragazza, Winona Farmington sognava di laurearsi, trasferirsi a New York e intraprendere una carriera nel mondo dell'editoria. Ma la malattia della madre l'aveva costretta a lasciare l'università per tornare nella sonnolenta cittadina del Michigan dove era cresciuta. Molti anni dopo, Winnie è ancora lì, incastrata in un lavoro senza prospettive e in una relazione che si trascina stancamente. Per consolarsi, si abbuffa delle puntate di una serie televisiva inglese, Beauchamp Hall, ambientata negli anni Venti. Un giorno, però, la sua quotidianità va in pezzi.

Angélique Latham no es realmente duquesa, aunque tras perder a su madre cuando era muy pequeña, se ha criado en el majestuoso castillo de Belgrave junto a su padre, el duque de Westerfield, que siempre la quiso con locura. Pero ahora su padre ha muerto, y sus hermanastros han decidido desheredarla. Está sola en el mundo.

Et si on pouvait rattraper le passé ? Maddie Allen est une photographe new-yorkaise de renom. Véritable modèle de réussite et d'indépendance, elle a élevé seule ses trois enfants. Mais, à 58 ans, un accident la contraint brusquement à l'immobilité. Alors qu'elle se retrouve confrontée à sa solitude, une question la tourmente : a-t-elle eu tort de privilégier sa carrière aux dépens de sa vie sentimentale ? Pour en avoir le coeur net, Maddie décide de se lancer sur les traces des hommes qu'elle a aimés.

Sie liebt Hochzeiten, nur nicht ihre eigene Faith Ferguson ist New Yorks begehrteste Hochzeitsplanerin. So sehr Faith ihre Arbeit genießt, hat sie selbst nach zwei gescheiterten Verlobungen nicht mehr den Wunsch zu heiraten. Erfüllung findet sie in der engen Beziehung zu ihrer Zwillingsschwester Hope und in ihrer Karriere. Statt einer reibungslosen Hochzeitssaison muss Faith sich in diesem Jahr jedoch gleich mehreren ungeahnten Krisen ihrer Kunden stellen. Neben alldem kann sie die aufkeimenden Gefühle für den gutaussehenden Bruder einer ihrer Bräutigame gar nicht gebrauchen.

Une nuit tragique, des vies bouleversées à jamais... Le lycée Saint Ambrose, dans le Massachusetts, accueille les élites de demain. Jusque-là réservé aux garçons, l'établissement est à l'aube d'une petite révolution avec l'arrivée de ses premières étudiantes. Mais un soir, la situation bascule. Durant une fête de Halloween, une jeune fille est transportée à l'hôpital, inconsciente. À son réveil, Vivienne déclare avoir été violée, mais prétend ne pas connaître le coupable.

Melissa Henderson fue autora superventas, pero después de perder a su hijo y de que su matrimonio se derrumbara, ahora dedica su energía a restaurar una antigua casa victoriana. Tras un incendio que amenaza la integridad de su hogar y provoca que aparezca en televisión, Melissa recibe una llamada de su hermana, Hattie, con la que hace años perdió el contacto. A pesar de todo, Hattie está decidida a ayudar a Melissa a pasar página, aunque eso signifique que esta última se vea obligada a reabrir uno de los capítulos más dolorosos de su vida.

Bill dirige l'unité de traumatologie des urgences de l'Hôpital général de San Francisco et consacre sa vie à son travail depuis sa séparation. Étoile montante de son hôpital universitaire, Stephanie ne compte pas ses heures de travail, aux dépens de sa famille. Wendy, brillant médecin, est piégée dans une relation sans avenir avec un chirurgien marié. Quant à Tom, sa popularité auprès des femmes n'a d'égal que ses succès au bloc opératoire.