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Annette Remmington, a London art consultant and private dealer, is at the top of her game. Annette is married to her mentor and personal champion, the much older Marius Remmington. For 20 years, Marius has groomed her into the international art star that she has become, not to mention saving her from a dark and gritty past. Jack Chalmers is a bit of a celebrity himself, becoming one of the top journalists of his time.

On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family's future changes forever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her eighteen-year-old son Edward of the death of his father, brother, uncle, and cousin in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward and his cousin Neville Watkins are suspicious of the deaths. They vow to seek the truth, avenge the deaths, and retake control of their family's business empire. As he grows into a handsome, charismatic man, Edward is torn between duty and desire. There are women in his life for whom he'll risk everything—and one woman who might destroy him.

A forgotten past hides the key to the future. Meredith Stratton, a 44 year old owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter’s engagement. But her happiness is threatened as she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms. Desperate for answers, Meredith seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy Meredith peels back the layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful creation - herself.

As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris, Alexandra Gordon, Kay Lenox, Jessica Pierce, and Maria Franconi share the challenges and excitement of developing their various artistic talents to the fullest under Sedgwick’s caring and demanding guidance. Once best friends, they part enemies, and after graduation go their separate ways, pursuing careers and establishing lives in different corners of the world. For each of them, the arrival of an invitation to Paris to celebrate Anya Sedgwick’s 85th birthday stirs up complicated feelings.

Secrets, drames et amours contrariées... Avec le second opus de "La Maison des Falconer", plongez de nouveau dans l'Angleterre victorienne. Londres, 1889. La métropole est en effervescence et voit coexister privilèges et grande pauvreté. Pour l'ambitieux James Falconer, qui a passé sa jeunesse sur les marchés, cette ville est celle de toutes les opportunités.

Seventeen-year-old Katie Byrne and her friends Denise and Carly share fantasies of making it on Broadway. But after a savage attack, Katie must reach for the stars on her own. Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy. Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends. Her big chance comes when she is discovered and wins a major role in a Broadway play.

Charles Ingham - den 6. jarl af Mowbrays - fire døtre er alle yndefulde piger, men 17-årige Daphne er den smukkeste engelske rose af dem alle. Hendes skønne ydre skal sikre Ingham-familiens forsatte position i det engelske aristokrati. Men en sønderknusende begivenhed ryster Ingham-familien og hele godset Cavendon Hall og vender med et trylleslag op og ned på Daphnes strålende fremtidsudsigter.

Trediveårige Serena Stone er en talentfuld krigsfotograf, der har fulgt i sin berømte fars fodspor. Men da han uventet dør, forlader hun krigszonen for at tage sit liv op til overvejelse. I søgen efter sandheden om sin far, sin familie og sit eget liv begynder Serena en desperat jagt for at afsløre en årtier gammel sag. Hun flytter fra sine forældres hjem i bjergene over Nice til det romantiske Venedig og strejfer de uroplagede Libyske gader.

Juli 1926. Jarlen af Cavendon har kaldt Ingham og Swann-familierne sammen på Cavendon Hall. Glæder og sorger åbenbarer sig, og en gammel fjende træder ud af fortidens skygge og sætter den ellers så trofaste tjenestestabs loyalitet på en uventet hård prøve. Første Verdenskrig har bragt godset på randen af ruin, og nu afhænger fremtiden af Cavendon Halls unge døtre. Vil det lykkes de fire meget forskellige kvinder at bringe godset på fode igen og ind i et nyt årti?

Da den succesfulde filminstruktør Justine Nolan vender hjem til sit smukke barndomshjem kommer hun ved en fejltagelse til at åbne et af sin mors breve. Brevet viser sig at være en bombe under familieidyllen for det afslører, at Justines elskede mormor ikke er død i en flyulykke, som Justine og hendes bror ellers har fået fortalt. Det bliver begyndelsen på en intens jagt efter sandheden. For hvor har mormoren været i alle de år? Og hvorfor har Justines mor løjet for familien?

Elizabeth Turner, scion of the fabled Deravenel family, carries the red-gold hair and beautiful English complexion of her ancestors. And it is not just her colouring that she has inherited from Edward Deravenel. Astute and charismatic, she is also bold, daring and fiercely ambitious, with the same ruthless streak. Now, aged just twenty-five, she stands in the position she has dreamed of - inheriting the family business, Deravenels.

Mallory Keswick can't imagine how her life could possibly be better. She has a wonderful, fulfilling marriage to a man who loves, supports, and nurtures her. She has a lovely home and beautiful twins who bring joy to her days, all of which she devotes herself to wholeheartedly. Mallory feels she has finally found the elusive sense of family that never quite rang true in her own childhood - until an exceptionally cruel act of violence tears apart the fabric of her happiness.

In A Sudden Change of Heart, listeners are invited to fall under the spell of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a magical weaver of tales at her most seductive. This story of lifelong best friends revolves around overcoming adversity as well as celebrating life's joy; ultimately, it is a moving expression of the human spirit and the healing power of love.

After a childhood of parental neglect, Valentine Denning has finally found happiness through her career as a war photojournalist - and through the love of fellow photographer Tony Hampton. But when Tony is tragically cut down in Kosovo, Val learns that her relationship with him was not what she was led to believe. Healing from both physical and emotional wounds, she must find a way through new loves and more intimate dangers to put back together a life of integrity, truth, and trust.

Elizabeth Deravenel Turner har arvet sine forfædres rødgyldne hår og smukke lyse teint. Og det er ikke bare farverne, hun har arvet. Den intelligente og karismatiske kvinde er også dristig, fuld af vovemod og rasende ambitiøs, og hun behandler sine modstandere lige så nådeløst, som hendes far gjorde. I en alder af femogtyve år opnår hun sine drømmes mål, da hun arver familiens firma, Deravenels. Firmaet er mere end otte hundrede år gammelt og en bastion for gammeldags mænd, der ikke vil ledes af kvinder.

Legendary storyteller and internationally best-selling author of The Triumph of Katie Byrne, Barbara Taylor Bradford returns with the spellbinding Three Weeks in Paris. As four young women cultivate their artistic talents and their friendships at a prestigious art academy, they are blissfully unaware that soon they would part as enemies. Now, years later at a school reunion, they find themselves transformed by old memories and surprising revelations as their friendships are rekindled.

17-year-old Katie Byrne and her friends Denise and Carly share fantasies of making it on Broadway. But when Denise is killed and Carly left in a coma after a savage attack, Katie must reach for the stars on her own. Many years later, an acclaimed Broadway performance ignites Katie's career. And when she falls deeply in love, it seems like icing on the cake. But the crime against her friends has never been solved, and the haunting memories may be too much to overcome.

Ravenscar - et gods, en legende og et dynasti. Verdenskrig er slut, og alt ser lovende ud for Edward, det karismatiske overhoved for familien Deravenel. Hans kone og børn er i sikkerhed på familiens hovedsæde - Ravenscar, og hans forretningsimperium blomstrer. Men under overfladen lurer ufreden. Elizabeth, Edwards smukke kone, er jaloux på hans elskerinde, og de ondsindede rygter, Elizabeth spreder, begynder at skade familien. Endnu værre står det til med Edwards bror, George.

Den elegante og smukke kunsthandler Annette Remmington opnår stor anerkendelse, da hun får til opgave at sælge en meget sjælden Rembrandt, som hun har restaureret. Begivenheden bliver kendt som "årets auktion" i kunstverdenen, og Annette er med ét den mest omtalte kunsthandler i verden. Annettes mentor og mand, den tyve år ældre Marius Remmington, er yderst tilfreds med sin kones succes og overtaler hende til at give et interview til en stor avis. Men efterhånden som journalisten graver ned i ægteparrets fortid, dukker der historier frem, som vil udløse en kæmpe skandale, hvis de bliver afsløret.

At the age of thirty-three, Edward Deravenel, having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and a war that ravaged his country, is finally king of his company. It's 1918, an influenza pandemic is sweeping the country, and Edward has a family and a business to protect. He must thread his way between his loyal brother, Richard, and his treacherous middle brother, George, an alcoholic bent on self-destruction . . . but not before he tries to ruin Edward and his good name.