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Danielle Steel, la autora best seller con más de mil millones de libros vendidos, vuelve a emocionarnos con una historia de amor y familia ambientada en el implacable mundo de la moda en Italia. Una novela inspiradora sobre las raices y la dificultad que conlleva sacar adelante el legado familiar. Tras la muerte de sus padres en un tragico accidente, Cosima Saverio asume el liderazgo de la marca de alta costura en cuero de su familia. Mientras afronta los desafios de dirigir una empresa a los veintitres años, Cosima tambien debe mantener el palazzo familiar en Venecia y cuidar de sus hermanos menores: Allegra, quien sobrevivio a la tragedia que mato a sus padres, aunque con cicatrices y una lesion en la columna, y Luca, que tiene predileccion por las fiestas desenfrenadas, las mujeres guapas y las mesas de poquer. Cosima maneja sus responsabilidades con una madurez que no corresponde a su edad, pero el exito le ha pasado factura: sus necesidades siempre quedan relegadas a un segundo plano y dedica su tiempo libre a quienes dependen de ella. Hasta que conoce a Olivier Bayard, el fundador de la empresa de bolsos pret-a-porter mas exitosa de Francia. El negocio de los Saverio goza de estabilidad financiera y genera suficientes ingresos para que la familia viva comodamente. Entonces Luca pierde una suma considerable en el casino y su vida corre peligro si la deuda no se salda a tiempo. Cosima se enfrenta a una decision imposible: vender el palazzo, deshacerse de una parte del negocio o dejar que Luca se las arregle solo. ¿Conseguira Cosima salvar todo aquello por lo que ha luchado antes de que salte por los aires?La critica ha dicho: Danielle Steel es una de las mejores escritoras.Los Angeles TimesDanielle Steel remueve las emociones almaximo, no se guarda nada.Publishers WeeklyLo que llama al lector es su marca de autenticidad.San Francisco Chronicle

Dos historias de amor unidas por un legado familiar: la valentía y el coraje para arriesgarse a abandonarlo todo con tal de vivir el amor verdadero. En menos de una semana, Brigitte Nicholson se queda sin novio, sin trabajo y sin ganas de seguir con el libro que esta escribiendo. Angustiada ante un futuro incierto, se traslada a Nueva York para estar con su madre y accede a ayudarla en la reconstruccion de la genealogia familiar. Entonces Brigitte descubrira que por sus venas corre sangre india, ya que es descendiente de la marquesa de Margerac, cuyo nombre era Wachiwi, y que yace enterrada en la Bretaña. Cuando viaja hasta Paris para seguir investigando, Brigitte conoce a un apuesto profesor de la Sorbona que la ayudara a descifrar como una princesa sioux acabo cruzando el Atlantico, en pleno siglo XVIII, de la mano de un noble frances que la introdujo en la corte de Luis XVI y Maria Antonieta.Reseña:Dos historias que te atrapan desde el principio.Kirkus Reviews

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.

Coco Barrington ha nacido en el seno de una célebre familia de Hollywood que espera grandes cosas de ella. Su madre es una exitosa escritora; viuda y hermosa, acaba de liarse con un hombre mucho más joven que ella y parece que la relación le sienta fenomenal. Su hermana, Jane, es una de las productoras más importantes del star system; lesbiana y segura de sí misma, lleva casada con una reconocida guionista más de diez años. Y Coco… Coco dejó la carrera de Derecho a medias y se largó a California para alejarse de los focos, la opulencia y la superficialidad. Ahora trabaja paseando perros y se ha convertido, oficialmente, en la oveja negra de la familia. Pero cuando Jane le pide insistentemente que se traslade a su mansión para cuidar de su perro durante su ausencia no puede negarse. Y es entonces como aprende una de las verdades fundamentales de la vida: nada sale nunca como te esperas. Resulta que la casa incluye un invitado sorpresa, Leslie Baxter, un atractivo actor británico que huye de su ex y es, para más inri, la estrella del momento. Sus mundos no podían ser más diferentes. La atracción no podía ser más inmediata. De repente, Coco ve las cosas desde otra perspectiva: Leslie no es solo una celebrity, también está soltero y es el padre de una adorable adolescente. Su madre no es solo una ególatra con un cuerpo de infarto, es una mujer enamorada y vulnerable. Y su perfecta hermana está a punto de embarcarse en el intimidante mundo de la maternidad. Al tiempo que Coco comienza a vislumbrar cómo sería su vida con el hombre más macizo de Hollywood, la prensa no deja de perseguirlos y atosigarlos con sus preguntas, sus rumores y sus brillantes focos. ¿Podrá su relación sobrevivir al peso de la fama?

A devoted single mother with life-changing decisions to make. Fiona Carson has proven herself as CEO of a multibillion-dollar high-tech company, but she still has to meet the challenges of her world every day. Devoted single mother, world-class strategist, and tough negotiator, Fiona weighs every move she makes and reserves any personal time for her children. Isolation and constant pressure are givens for her as a woman in a man's world. Meanwhile, Marshall Weston basks in the fruits of his achievements. At his side is his wife Liz - the perfect, supportive corporate spouse - who has gladly sacrificed her own law career to raise their three children. Smooth, shrewd, and irreproachable, Marshall is a model chief executive, and the power he wields only enhances his charisma. And to maintain his position, he harbors secrets that could destroy his life at any moment. Both must face their own demons, and fight off those who are jealous of their success. Their lives as CEOs of major companies come at a high price. But just how high a price are they willing to pay? Who are they willing to sacrifice to stay on top? Those they love, or themselves?

Bill is a dedicated young lawyer working in New York. He leaves everything he trained for to follow his dream to become a minister in rural Wyoming. Jenny, his fashion stylist wife, leaves the milieu and life she loves to join him. The certainty they share is that their destinies are linked forever. Fast forward thirty-eight years. Robert is a hard-working independent book publisher in Manhattan, looking for one big hit novel to publish. Lillibet is a young Amish woman, living as though in the seventeenth century, caring for her widowed father and three young brothers on their family farm. In secret at night, by candlelight, she has written the novel that burns within her. When it falls into Robert's hands, he falls in love first with the book, and then with the woman he has never met. In the hands of bestselling author Danielle Steel, these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways, as lovers are lost, and find each other again. If it is true that real love lasts forever and lovers cannot lose each other, then Until the End of Time will not only comfort and fascinate us, as destiny does her dance, but it will give us hope as well. Love and fate are powerful, irresistible forces, as Steel proves to us here, in a book about courage, change, risk, and hope ...and love that never dies.

#1 "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Two couples, four decades apart. One believes that if lovers die, they find each other again in another life. Or perhaps they wind up as stars side by side in the sky, together forever. Who knows how it really ends? Danielle Steel breaks new ground in her career as a perennial "New York Times" bestseller with the poignant story of two parallel destinies, and the kind of love we all hope will be everlasting. UNTIL THE END OF TIME Bill, a dedicated young lawyer working at his family's prestigious New York firm, leaves everything he trained for to follow his dream and become a minister in rural Wyoming. Jenny, his wife, is a stylist whose heart and soul are invested in fashion. She leaves the milieu and life she loves to join him. The certainty they share is that their destinies are linked forever. Fast forward thirty-eight years. Robert is a hardworking independent book publisher in Manhattan who has given up all personal life to build his struggling business. He is looking for one big hit novel to publish. Lillibet is a young Amish woman, living as though in the seventeenth century, caring for her widowed father and three young brothers on their family farm. In secret at night, by candlelight, she has written the novel that burns within her, and gets it into Robert's hands, wrapped in her hand-stitched apron. He falls in love first with the book, and then with the woman he has never met, living in the sequestered world of the Amish--a world without telephones, computers, electricity, modern conveniences, or cars. Although Lillibet faces banishment from her family and community, she embraces the opportunity to publish her novel, and is irresistibly drawn to the man who has heard her voice. Destiny is at work here. Fate draws her from her horse-and-buggy life toward his, and the publication of her novel. In the hands of master storyteller Danielle Steel, these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways, as lovers are lost, and find each other again. If it is true that real love lasts forever and lovers cannot lose each other, then "Until the End of Time" will not only comfort and fascinate us, as destiny does her dance, but it will give us hope as well. Love and fate are powerful, irresistible forces, as Steel proves to us here, in a book about courage, change, risk, and hope . . . and love that never dies. "From the Hardcover edition."

Las hermanas Dawson no podrían ser más distintas: Victoria es una chica rellenita y tímida que lucha por lograr la aprobación de sus padres; Gracie, en cambio, encaja con la exigencias de la familia. Pero el amor que sienten la una por la otra siempre ha sido incondicional... hasta ahora. Al nacer, Victoria Dawson fue una encantadora niña rubia con ojos azules y un tanto regordeta... Aunque esto no era asi para sus padres. Siempre se ha sentido poco valorada por ellos y con la sensacion de que jamas estaria a la altura de sus expectativas. Con la llegada de su hermana menor, la preciosa y perfecta Gracie, la situacion empeoro y tuvo que acostumbrarse a los comentarios cinicos de sus padres y a que la tacharan de ser "la prueba piloto" de la descendencia de los Dawson. Crecer en una ciudad como Los Çngeles, donde la belleza y el fisico es casi un culto, tampoco facilito las cosas. Victoria siempre habia soñado con el dia en que pondria tierra de por medio, pero ni siquiera trasladandose a Chicago y cumpliendo sus sueños profesionales puede ahuyentar las criticas de su familia. Gracie es la unica que jamas la ha juzgado por el fisico. Con ella siempre habia compartido un vinculo muy especial que parecia imposible de romper... o eso creia.

Con Lazos de familia, Danielle Steel nos ofrece una historia conmovedora sobre la fuerza indestructible de la familia y el descubrimiento del amor verdadero. Una llamada cambi# la vida de Annie Ferguson para siempre. De la noche a la ma#ana, tuvo que dejar las fiestas y los viajes para convertirse en una madre de familia improvisada y hacerse cargo de sus tres sobrinos. Diecis#is a#os despu#s, Annie se ha convertido en una reputada arquitecta tremendamente orgullosa de sus "ni#os": Liz es editora de la revista Vogue, Ted estudia derecho y Kate, dise#o. Ahora que ya llevan vidas independientes, Annie comienza a sentirse un poco sola en casa y a arrepentirse de haberse resignado a vivir sin el amor de un hombre durante tantos a#os. Sin embargo, un esguince de tobillo har# que se tope de frente con el amor en el lugar m#s inesperado: la sala de urgencias de un hospital. All# conocer# a Tom Jefferson, un apuesto y exitoso presentador de televisi#n con el brazo fracturado que no est# dispuesto a dejarla escapar. Rese#a:"Steel es una de las mejores."Los Angeles Times

Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family, her last name loaded with expectations. Her mother is a mega-bestselling author who writes under the name of Florence Flowers - and her sister, Jane, is one of Hollywood's top producers. They're not your typical family, by any means ...Jane has lived with her partner, Liz, for 10 years, in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. And Coco, a law school dropout and family black sheep, works as a dog walker, having fled life in the spotlight for the artsy Northern California beach town of Bolinas. But when Coco reluctantly agrees to house-sit in Jane's luxurious home, she soon discovers just how much things can change in just a matter of days ...It turns out Jane's house comes complete with an unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but down-to-earth British actor who's fleeing a psycho ex-girlfriend.Their worlds couldn't be more different. The attraction couldn't be more immediate. Suddenly Coco is seeing things differently: Leslie is not just a celebrity, he's a single dad to an adorable six-year-old girl. Her mother is not just a self-centered walking advertisement for great cosmetic surgery, she's a woman in love, with vulnerability and new insight. And Jane and Liz are about to take the bravest plunge of all - into parenthood. As Coco contemplates a future with one of Hollywood's hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their lives, old wounds are healed and new familes are formed - some traditional, some not-so-traditional, but all bonded by love. With wit and intelligence, Danielle Steel's new novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the lives of three unusual, but wonderfully real couples. Funny, sexy and wise, "One Day at a Time" is at once moving, thought provoking, and utterly impossible to put down.

Annie Ferguson was one of Manhattan's brightest young architects. But overnight she became mother to her sister's three orphaned children. It wasn't the life she'd planned, but one that rewarded her tenfold for every sacrifice she'd had to make. Danielle Steel has sold over 590 million copies of her books worldwide, with 72 bestsellers in 47 countries and 28 languages. Danielle Steel is the eighth biggest author of the last decade, outselling James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and Martina Cole.

Victoria -a chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes and ordinary looks - has always felt out of place in her family. When her younger sister Gracie is born, their parents make no secret of the fact that she is the perfect one. While they can eat as much as they like and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch every mouthful, as well as endure her father's belittling comments about her appearance and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods offer only temporary comfort. The one thing she knows is that she has to get as far away from home as possible and, after college in Chicago she moves to New York City. There, Victoria finds joy and excitement as a high school teacher while waging war on her weight among the sleek and slinky at Manhattan's fitness clubs. Her lifeline to her family is through Gracie - though they can't be more different in looks, style, or social lives, the two sisters love each other unconditionally. Victoria knows that she has been a disappointment to her parents all her life, and no matter what she does, she can never win their approval. A chance encounter, an act of stunning betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point in the lives of Victoria and Gracie. Behind Victoria is all the hurt, neglect, and loss she has tried to forget.- ahead is a new life of sisterhood, confidence and fulfillment.