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From Manhattan to Paris and all the way to Tehran, #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Steel weaves a powerfully compelling story that reminds readers how challenging and unpredictable life can be--and how the bonds of family hold them together.

Hope Dunne is content with her life, finding serenity and beauty through the lens of her camera. She isn´t looking for a man or excitement. But things change when she accepts a last minute assignment in London, photographing one of the world´s most celebrated writers. Danielle Steel has sold over 590million copies of her books worldwide, with 72 bestsellers in 47 countries and 28 languages. Danielle Steel was the ninth biggest fiction author of 2008 on the TCM, outselling Maeve Binchy, Martina Cole and Bernard Cornwell.

Danielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with nearly 600 million copies of her novels sold. She has had more UK number one bestsellers than any other author. She is the eighth biggest author of the last decade, outselling James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and Martina Cole.

Swiss-born Hugues Martin has worked for the world's most prestigious hotels, so when he purchases a small, run-down place in New York, everyone thinks he must be crazy! He alone sees it for the rough diamond it is, transforming it into a beautiful boutique hotel of impeccable elegance, run with the precision and attention to detail he learnt through his hotelier training in Europe.

What makes a house...a home? Everything is falling to pieces for Francesca Thayer. Her beautiful, old house is full of leaks and in need of total restoration. Then her relationship with lawyer Todd collapses and he moves out. As the owner of a struggling art gallery she can't possibly manage the mortgage alone, so she is forced to do the one thing she never imagined she would: she advertises for lodgers. First arrives Eileen - a young, attractive schoolteacher who has just moved from LA. Then comes Chris, a newly-divorced father struggling with a difficult ex-wife and the challenges of parenting his seven-year-old son who visits every other weekend. Last to arrive is Marya - a famous cookery author who is hoping to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. And so Francesca finds that her house has become a whole new world - and as things begin to turn around, she realises that her accidental tenants have become the most important people in her life. Over their year together, the house at 44 Charles Street fills with laughter, hope and heartbreak. And Francesca discovers that she might be able to open her heart again after all...

Five children meet on their first day of school, one bright September morning. Drawn by that magical spark of connection that happens to the young, Gabby, Billy, Izzie, Andy and Sean - each bursting with their own personality, all with strikingly different looks and diverse talents - soon become an inseparable group, known to everyone else as the Big Five. As they grow up, their seemingly perfect lives are altered by families falling apart, unfortunate mistakes, and losses and victories great and small. Throughout their adolescence, the five are able to turn back to their trusted group to regain their footing and steady their course. But as they emerge from school, their futures seem neither safe nor clear. As their lives separate, the challenges and risks they face become greater, the losses sharper, and it becomes much harder to know the right path to choose. But despite life's ups and downs, together they are able to face up to challenges with the help of the important bonds forged all those years ago. And the five realise just how lucky they are to treasure valuable friendships that last a lifetime.

Twin boys grow up in the same family, in the same town. Dramatically different, they become bitter enemies, even as children: one good, one bad. One leaves his peaceful hometown, but when the prodigal son returns twenty years later, the brothers' reunion will expose shocking revelations...A riveting novel of family secrets, salvation, and redemption from the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.

Berlin, début des années trente. Adulée par son mari, le riche banquier Walmar von Gotthard, et par un jeune et célèbre écrivain, Dolff Sterne, la belle et tendre Cassandra ne peut imaginer qu''elle