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A magical transformation takes place in Danielle Steel’s luminous new novel: strangers become roommates, roommates become friends, and friends become a family in a turn of the century house in Manhattan’s West Village, at 44 Charles Street.

Valerie Wyatt is the high priestess of elegance: She has built an empire on how to entertain, how to decorate, how to live beautifully, and is at the top of her game with licensing arrangements for fine fabrics, furniture, wallpaper; six books; and a highly rated TV show. Valerie's daughter, April, is a classically trained chef and the workaholic proprietor of a comfortable, popular downtown New York restaurant. They couldn't be happier in their chosen fields—or more different in their attitudes.

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.

Stephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead marriage she stayed in for years for the sake of her children. Then, on a ski trip in Squaw Valley, her fifty-two-year-old husband dies suddenly and all bets are off.

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.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen - not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart.

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.

Der er magi i luften, når Jean-Phillippe Dumas én gang om året afholder Den Hvide Middag i Paris. Han håndplukker tre par, hvis liv bliver forandret i løbet af middagen, i takt med at nye venskaber og ikke mindst ny kærlighed opstår på tværs af middagsbordet.

Paul Parker was the ultimate bon vivant, charismatic but feckless, who left his wealthy wife and three beautiful daughters wounded and wary of men. But after his death, Paul shows surprising insight in the bequests he leaves to each. Knowing that Veronique's wealth is reserved for emergencies and special cases, so as to build the sense of responsibility he failed to provide, Paul aims to address their daughters' immediate needs in his will.

The phone call came on a hot July day, a day like any other for Marin County mom and freelance writer Tanya Harris. But this call from Tanya's agent was anything but ordinary, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to write a major Hollywood screenplay, a dream she had put aside long ago to devote her energies to her family. This time, Tanya knows she cannot refuse, even though she's torn about leaving her husband and daughters.

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.

Caberá a jovem mulher se colocar diante das trapaças da madrasta para impedir que o legado de sua família – e seu futuro – sejam destruídos. A tarefa parece impossível, mas com a ajuda de uma "fada madrinha" nada convencional, um jovem vizinho que pode ser um verdadeiro príncipe encantado e um grandioso baile, a nossa Cinderela pode mostrar que tem a verdadeira mágica em suas mãos.

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.

Il était une fois dans la vallée de Napa... Camille Lammenais a grandi en toute quiétude en Californie, au coeur du domaine viticole familial. Ses parents, Joy et Christophe, y ont bâti un château dont les vins n'ont rien à envier au Bordelais natal de ce dernier. Après de brillantes études à Stanford, la jeune fille revient au bercail pour aider les siens, son rêve de toujours. Mais lorsque sa mère, gravement malade, décède, le conte de fées prend fin.

Annabelle Wirthington, de diecinueve años, nació rodeada de los privilegios y el glamour de la lata sociedad neoyorquina en una gran casa de la Quinta Avenida. Sin embargo, un día grisáceo de abril de 1912 todo cambió: el Titanic se hundió y su mundo también. Para olvidarse de sus tristezas, Annabelle se entrega a obras caritativas y a cuidar a los pobres y aquí se despierta su pasión por la medicina. dicarse a su verdadera vocación: estudiar medicina.

En los años veinte la familia Deveraux es una de las más importantes de San Francisco. En 1929 la boda de la hija, Eleanor, con Alexander Allen, un joven y adinerado banquero, se convierte en uno de los acontecimientos sociales del año. El día más feliz de su vida, la joven luce un vestido exquisito de encaje con perlas bordadas, creación de una firma de alta costura de París. Sin embargo, poco después de las nupcias, Wall Street se desploma y las vidas de Eleanor y Alexander cambian para siempre.

En una caja de seguridad abandonada en un banco de Nueva York aparece un fajo de cartas manuscritas, fotografías, pasaportes caducados y veintidós joyas de valor incalculable. Jane Willoughby, empleada judicial, recibe el encargo de encontrar a los posibles herederos y Phillip Lawton, experto de la casa de subasta Christie's, el de tasar las piezas.

Da katastrofen indtræder, og ægteparret Marielle og Malcolm Pattersons søn Teddy kidnappes, rives alle gamle sår op, og Marielle står pludselig helt alene i verden med et eneste ønske: at finde sin søn. Marielle lever i et trygt, men ikke lykkeligt fornuftsægteskab med millionæren Malcolm. Sammen har de sønnen Teddy, som de begge forguder. Men Marielle sørger stadig over sit døde barn fra første ægteskab - et ægteskab, hun aldrig har fortalt Malcolm om.