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On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family's future changes for ever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her 18-year-old son Edward of the death of his father, brother and cousins in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward is comforted by his cousin Neville Watkins, who is suspicious of the deaths. The two men vow to seek the truth, avenge the deaths and take control of the business empire usurped sixty years before. And so begins an epic saga about an astonishing family, set in extraordinary times. Handsome, charismatic and a notorious womaniser, Edward battles his cousin, Henry Grant, for control of the family empire. Elizabeth Wyland, a young widow and a great beauty, stands by his side, and they are secretly married. She is power hungry, and ambitious. But Edward also has a mistress: Jane Shaw, a constant in his life. And as Elizabeth's jealousy damages their marriage, Edward's only solace is Bess, his brilliant first born. Edward's position as the glamorous head of the Deravenels is fatally rocked when betrayal comes from within. Soon, catastrophe threatens to destroy the family and the business?Power and money, passion and adultery, ambittion and treachery ? all illuminate a dramatic saga set against the backdrop of the Edwardian Era and the Belle Epoque, just before the First World War.
Le Secret de Katie Byrne Sa lampe torche éclaire une scène de cauchemar : Carly, une de ses amies les plus proches, gît inconsciente. L'épouvante de Katie s'accroît lorsque, non loin de la vieille grange où, quelques heures plus tôt, les jeunes filles répétaient gaiement des monologues de Shakespeare pour la fête du lycée, son frère découvre le corps sans vie de Denise, le troisième membre de leur inséparable trio. Dix ans plus tard, Katie, devenue une magnifique jeune femme, est sur le point de donner corps à ses rêves : une grande carrière de comédienne s'offre à elle, et elle a peut-être bien rencontré l'homme de sa vie. Il lui faudra toutefois surmonter un redoutable obstacle et tenter d'échapper aux ombres du passé... Barbara Taylor Bradford fait partie de ces rares auteurs dont les livres savent tenir en haleine des millions de lecteurs. Ses romans, tous best-sellers, sont publiés en trente-neuf langues.
The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns in Emma's Secret, a novel that showcases the storytelling power of Barbara Taylor Bradford.
For Alexandra, Kay, Jessica and Maria, former students at the Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris, the arrival of an invitation to celebrate their old teacher's 85th birthday stirs up complicated feelings. Will they be able to rekindle their old friendships.
Un nuevo éxito de la popular autora del género romántico. El conmovedor relato de una mujer, víctima inocente que sufre la venganza de un desconocido, y que consigue superar la tragedia que se cierne sobre su familia gracias a su propia fuerza interior.
Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns...At the centre of this sweeping saga stands Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma and the guardian of her vast business empire. Paula believes that all that Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface sibling rivalry and discontent are beginning to flare. Into this volatile mix walks Evan Hughes, a young American fashion designer. On her deathbed, Evan's grandmother told her to find Emma Harte. But Emma has been dead for thirty years and Evan bears an uncanny resemblance to Paula O'Neill. Troubled by Evan's presence, Paula turns to Emma's recently discovered war-time diaries to find the truth...The decades fall away. It is London during The Blitz and Emma Harte comes vividly back to life. Working hard under war-time conditions, she is also holding her family together as bombs drop, sirens wail and her sons go off to war. As she struggles to cope, the indomitability, will power and strength that have forged Emma into the woman she is all come to the fore. As the pages unfurl, Paula discovers the secret Emma Harte took to the grave to protect others. Emma's Secret is vintage Barbara Taylor Bradford. Emotion, drama, intrigue and passion fill the pages in a spellbinding novel which only she could write.
Linnet, Tessa, India and Evan: four remarkable women. Three generations of Hartes. One indomitable family whose loyalty binds them together and whose enemies want to tear them apart. In Emma's Secret, American Evan Hughes came to London and discovered that she's a part of the Harte family. Now, in UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS, Evan faces a difficult choice: should she tell her father the truth of their heritage? By keeping secrets, does she jeopardize her newfound love? Sensible Linnet is always ready to give advice, while attempting to become heiress apparent. Her half-sister Tessa has been her rival all their lives. As conflict and danger swirl around the Harte women, someone is pulling the strings to make sure none of them find happiness. Who among them will rise to the challenges as only a true Harte can do?
The Harte Saga, the sweeping, romantic, multi-generational series that began with the blockbuster A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, comes to a close with this sixth and presumably final installment. Linnet O'Neill struggles to maintain control of the chain of department stores founded by her intrepid great-grandmother, Emma Harte, facing opposition both from her mother, Paula, and her sister, Tessa, while her uncle, Jonathan Ainsley, plots the ruin of everything that Emma worked so hard to build..
