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When a beautiful piece of music stirs mega-tycoon Maximilian West, he remembers the women who have loved him and shaped his life. So begins a dazzling tale, taking us from the streets of London to the suites of New York, from the rise of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Strong, powerful, enigmatic, aloof, and adoring - many women made Maximilian the man with everything, but there is only one woman who can make him feel truly alive.

Barbara Taylor Bradford introduced the illustrious Harte family in her blockbuster A Woman of Substance. Now she has created an unforgettable new dynasty: the Deravenels. On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family's future changes forever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her...

Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the initial M as her name, and reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the catwalks of Paris, where she becomes the muse and star model...

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.

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.

At 30, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, following in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, she has left her job at the renowned photo news agency that he founded, weary of years of dodging bullets and exploding landmines. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father.

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.

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.

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.

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...

For Valentine Denning, peace is elusive, as she tries to reconcile her love of photography with the perils of her career, not to mention the claims on her heart. From war in Kosovo to tracking down a celebrity artist in Mexico, Val can't ease her sense of searching for something, a sense that will lead her to retrace paths she thought were left behind.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Ravenscar - et gods, en legende og et dynasti. På en bidende kold dag i 1904 ændres familien Deravenels skæbne for altid. Da Cecily Deravenel fortæller sin 18-årige søn Edward, at hans far, bror, fætter og onkel på mystisk vis er omkommet ved en brand, er der også noget inden i Edward, der dør. Sammen med sin rige og talentfulde fætter Neville Watkins, sværger de to mænd at hævne deres slægtninge og tage kontrol med det forretningsimperium, der blev stjålet fra familien tres år tidligere.