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L'adresse d'un vignoble en Nouvelle-Zélande et le dessin d'une étrange bague sertie d'une émeraude en forme d'étoile, ce sont les seuls éléments dont disposent les sœurs d'Aplièse pour partir à la recherche de leur septième sœur, celle grâce à laquelle elles seront enfin au complet et pourront rendre hommage à Pa Salt, à l'endroit où son bateau a disparu.

It has been 24 years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, Pandora, is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family. At the difficult age of 13, her son, Alex, is torn between protecting his mother and learning the truth about his real father. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same once Pandora's secrets have been revealed.

Posy Montague is approaching her 70th birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonising decision. The house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it. Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken 50 years ago. 

The present: Emilie de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France. An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history. 

Electra d'Apliese a tout pour elle : mannequin le plus en vue de la planète, elle est belle, riche et célèbre. Mais derrière cette image idéale, c'est une jeune femme perdue depuis la mort de son père, Pa Salt, un milliardaire excentrique qui l'a adoptée avec ses six sœurs. Electra va tomber dans la spirale infernale de la drogue et de l'alcool, et alors que tout son entourage s'inquiète pour elle, elle va recevoir une lettre d'une inconnue qui dit être sa grand-mère.

The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They only have one clue - an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe - from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland - uniting them all in their mission to complete their family at last.

CeCe d'Aplièse ne s'est jamais vraiment sentie à sa place. Et à la suite du décès de son père adoptif, l'excentrique milliardaire Pa Salt - surnommé ainsi par ses six filles, adoptées aux quatre coins du monde - elle se retrouve complètement perdue. Désespérée, n'ayant que les quelques indices laissés par son père, CeCe part à la recherche de ses origines... jusque dans la chaleur et la poussière du centre rouge de l’Australie.

À la mort de leur père, énigmatique milliardaire qui les a adoptées aux quatre coins du monde lorsqu'elles étaient bébés, Maia d'Aplièse et ses sœurs se retrouvent dans la maison de leur enfance, Atlantis, un magnifique château sur les bords du lac de Genève. Pour héritage, elles reçoivent chacune un mystérieux indice qui leur permettra peut-être de percer le secret de leurs origines. La piste de Maia la conduit au-delà des océans, dans un manoir en ruines sur les collines de Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil.

In the heyday of the British Raj, 11-year-old Anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of rich Indian royalty. Becoming the princess's official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of the Great War. There, she meets the young Donald Astbury - reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote Astbury Estate - and his scheming mother.

Troubled by recent loss, Grania Ryan has returned to Ireland and the arms of her loving family. It is here, on a cliff edge, that she first meets a young girl, Aurora. Strangely drawn to Aurora, Grania discovers that their families are deeply entwined. From a bittersweet romance in wartime London to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York, the Ryans and the Lisles have been entangled for a century.

To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. Yet beneath the veneer, Electra’s already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother.

Following the death of her father, CeCe D'Aplièse finds herself at breaking point. In desperation, she decides to flee England and discover her past; the only clues she has are a photograph and the name of a woman pioneer who lived in Australia over 100 years ago. When CeCe finally reaches the Red Centre of Australia, she begins the search for her past. With help from those she meets on her journey, CeCe begins to believe that this wild, vast continent could offer her a sense of belonging.

When their father dies, Star D'Aplièse and her six sisters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world, are left with few clues to their heritage. But Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow her first clue, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world....

A talented sailor, Ally is about to compete in one of the world's most challenging yacht races when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden death. In the aftermath of the harrowing events that follow, Ally pursues the clues her father left her to the icy beauty of Norway. There, she begins to discover how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before.

After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse, trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves: caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird. Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gypsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that she possesses a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors....

1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of 95 he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core. Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist assigned to cover the legendary actor's funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are there. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over 70 years. 

Tiggy D'Aplièse a toujours senti les choses, un instinct dans lequel son père adoptif décédé, l'excentrique milliardaire Pa Salt - surnommé ainsi par ses six filles, adoptées aux quatre coins du monde - lui disait d'avoir confiance. Suivant cet instinct, elle déménage en Écosse, dans les vastes Highlands, pour travailler sur le domaine de l'énigmatique Laird Charlie Kinnaird, et prendre soin de la faune locale. Cette décision la met sur le chemin d'un ancien gitan qui la guide sur les traces de ses origines.

Vingt-quatre ans après y avoir passé un été inoubliable, Helena est de retour à Pandora, la majestueuse demeure chypriote dont elle vient d'hériter. Si le décor n'a rien perdu de sa splendeur, la maison a besoin d'un sérieux rafraîchissement. Pour cette mission délicate, Helena a entraîné avec elle mari et enfants. Pour cette mission délicate, Helena a entraîné avec elle mari et enfants. Mais elle croise bientôt par hasard son premier amour, et tout le passé qu'elle croyait enfoui resurgit.

As a child, Julia Forrester spent many idyllic hours in the hothouse of Wharton Park estate, where her grandfather tended the exotic flowers. So when a family tragedy strikes, Julia returns to the tranquility of Wharton Park and its hothouse. Recently inherited by charismatic Kit Crawford, the estate is undergoing renovation. This leads to the discovery of an old diary, prompting the pair to seek out Julia's grandmother to learn the truth behind a love affair that almost destroyed Wharton Park.

Trente ans ont passé depuis que Greta a quitté Marchmont Hall, une magnifique demeure nichée dans les collines du Monmouthshire. Lorsqu'elle y retourne pour Noël, sur l'invitation de son vieil ami David Marchmont, elle n'a aucun souvenir de la maison - le résultat de l'accident tragique qui a effacé de sa mémoire plus de vingt ans de sa vie. Mais durant une promenade dans le parc enneigé, elle trébuche sur une tombe. L'inscription érodée lui indique qu'un petit garçon est enterré là.