“Two estranged sisters get the chance to connect again and right the wrongs of the past.”–

Sent into hiding during World War II, headstrong seventeen-year-old Princess Charlotte assumes an alias and enjoys the freedoms of a normal life in Yorkshire before her ill-fated romance with her guardians’ son leads to the orphaning of a royal infant.

After the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. Caroline, the youngest, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major television star. Kate, the eldest, stayed at home to do her father’s bidding as a ranch hand, forsaking a family of her own. Upon JT’s death their world is turned upside down, strengthening their relationships with one another and discovering who they are now as grown women.

“Pike Logan must pull two major world powers back from the brink of war in the latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces officer Brad Taylor”–

Known for its luxurious accommodations and bespoke service, the Hotel Louis XVI has been the most lauded boutique hotel in all of Paris for decades, attracting an international clientele of the rich and famous. Ater four years of renovations and the death of its legendary and beloved manager, it is set to reopen its doors at last. The Louis XVI’s new manager, Olivier Bateau, and his level-headed assistant manager, Yvonne Philippe, both strive to continue the hotel’s tradition of excellence. But they quickly realize that anything can happen at any moment– and on one cool September evening, everything does. Clients old and new will find love, experience medical emergencies, and face threats to their lives and legacy– among other complications. — adapted from jacket

Audrey Parker’s life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses. Audrey and Lizzie make enormous sacrifices to save lives alongside an extraordinary group of nurses. They serve as bravely and tirelessly as the men they rescue on the front lines, in daring airlifts, and are eternally bound by their loyalty to one another. Print run 400.

Joachim von Hartmann moves from Buenos Aires to Paris to begin training as a butler. A bequest from her mother allows Olivia White a year in Paris to reinvent herself. Joachim takes a job working for Olivia as a lark and enjoys the whimsy of a different life for a few weeks. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together, Joachim’s comes apart as he learns of a family history he never knew. Stripped of their old roles, they strive to discover the truth about each other and themselves, first as employer and employee, then as friends. Print run 400.

“This riveting novel … explores a high-profile affair that reverberates throughout an entire family, from the wounded wife to her husband–torn between two women–to the wife’s close-knit sisters and their mother”–

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan’s childhood was marked by her younger sister’s tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children finds a focus. When Zoe falls in love and has her own child, she is determined to be a perfect mother as well. But before long, old scars long dormant begin to pull Zoe to the edge of an abyss too terrifying to contemplate. As Zoe is haunted by the ghosts of the past, her story will become a race against time and a tale of psychological suspense that no reader will soon forget.

At an elite private school in Massachusetts, a wide circle of lives will be forever changed by a devastating series of events in Danielle Steel’s riveting new novel. Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female students for the first time. Even though most of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling, wounded by their parents’ bitter divorces, dealing with insecurity and loneliness. In such a heightened environment, even the smallest spark can become a raging fire. One day after the school’s annual Halloween event, a student lies in the hospital, her system poisoned by dangerous levels of alcohol. Everyone in this sheltered community–parents, teachers, students, police, and the media–are left trying to figure out what actually happened. Only the handful of students who were there when she was attacked truly know the answers and they have vowed to keep one another’s secrets. As details from the evening emerge, powerful families are forced to hire attorneys and less powerful families watch helplessly. Parents’ marriages are jeopardized, and students’ futures are impacted. No one at Saint Ambrose can escape the fallout of a life-altering event. In this compelling novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the dark side of one drunken night, with its tragic consequences, from every possible point of view. As the drama unfolds, the characters will reach a crossroads where they must choose between truth and lies, between what is easy and what is right, and find the moral compass they will need for the rest of their lives.

As the only child of doting and successful parents, Nicole ‘Coco’ Martin has been given every opportunity in life. Her graduation from Columbia is fast approaching, and with it the summer job of her dreams working at a magazine. Then tragedy strikes: Coco’s parents are killed in a terrorist attack while on vacation in France. Determined to forge her own path and make her parents proud, Coco pursues her dream. Her goals are to think outside the box– and always play by her own rules. Drawn to charismatic, fascinating men, each relationship will teach Coco new lessons, some delightful, some painful. She comes to realize what matters, and how strong she truly is– and in the end, she will discover herself. — adapted from jacket

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms her own world to help her . . . Danielle Steel’s deeply moving novel is a story of resilience and hope. Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her acting dreams into making her own daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path from her sister’s. Whitney was always the studious older sister, hating the cult of celebrity that enveloped their childhood. Instead, she is a psychiatrist who lives for her work and enjoys a no-strings-attached love affair with a wealthy venture capitalist. But at a moment’s notice, Whitney drops everything to help her niece. Once famous, outgoing, and charismatic, Emma is now a shadow of her former self–without speech, without memory, lost and terrified. But with her aunt Whitney’s help, along with a team of caregivers and doctors, Emma begins to find her way, starting her young life all over again–and changing the lives of everyone around her. Emotionally gripping and richly involving, Silent Night explores how the heart has mysterious healing powers of its own, and blessings happen when we think all is lost.

Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way – she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother. Years later, stuck in a dead-end job and an unsatisfying relationship, Winnie has concluded that dreams were meant for others and she consoles herself with binge-watching the British television series that she loves, Beauchamp Hall. When Winnie is passed over for a long-overdue promotion and betrayed by her boyfriend and her best friend she makes the first impulsive decision of her conventional life and packs her bags and flies to England to see the town where Beauchamp Hall is filmed. The quaint B & B where she stays feels like home. The brother and sister who live in the castle where the show is filmed, are more like long-lost friends than British nobility. And the show itself, with its colourful company and behind-the-scenes affairs, is a drama all its own. Winnie’s world comes alive on the set of the show. What happens next is the stuff of dreams, as Winnie takes the boldest leap of all. Beauchamp Hall reminds us to follow our dreams… You never know what magic will happen!

Bill Browning heads the trauma unit at San Francisco’s busiest emergency room, SF General. With his ex-wife and daughters in London, he immerses himself in his work and lives for rare visits with his children. A rising star at her teaching hospital, UCSF at Mission Bay, Stephanie Lawrence has two young sons, a frustrated stay-at-home husband, and not enough time for any of them. Harvard-educated Wendy Jones is a dedicated trauma doctor at Stanford, trapped in a dead-end relationship with a married cardiac surgeon. And Tom Wylie’s popularity with women rivals the superb medical skills he employs at his Oakland medical center, but he refuses to let anyone get too close, determined to remain unattached forever. These exceptional doctors are chosen for an honor and a unique project: to work with their counterparts in Paris in a mass-casualty training program. As professionals, they will gain invaluable knowledge from the program. When an unspeakable act of mass violence galvanizes them into action, their temporary life in Paris becomes a stark turning point: a time to face harder choices than they have ever made before–with consequences that will last a lifetime.

It all starts with a fall from a ladder, in a firehouse in New York City. The firehouse has been converted into a unique Manhattan home and studio where renowned photographer Madison Allen works and lives after raising three children on her own. But the accident, which happens while Maddie is sorting through long-forgotten personal mementos and photos, results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life. –Amazon.com.

Past Perfect is a magical story of an unexpected friendship spanning a century, from the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.Sybil and Blake Gregory live a well-ordered, predictable Manhattan life — she as a cutting-edge design authority and museum consultant, he in high-tech investments — raising their teenagers Andrew and Caroline and six-year-old Charlie. But when Blake is offered a dream job as CEO of a start-up in San Francisco, he accepts it, without consulting his wife, and buys a magnificent, historic mansion as their new home in Pacific Heights.Past and present collide at their elegant mansion, when they meet the large and lively family who lived there a century ago. All long dead but very much alive in spirit–visible to the Gregorys and no one else. Within these enchanted rooms, it is at once 1917 and a century later. Have the Gregorys been given a perfect gift; beloved friends, a chance to relive the past and the wisdom and grace to shape the future?

In Fairytale, Danielle Steel weaves a captivating story of a daughter’s love and courage, and the hope that good really can prevail over evil. Camille Lammenais had a perfect childhood growing up in California’s beautiful Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family’s vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and chateau inspired by Christophe’s native Bordeaux. After graduating, Camille returns to fulfil her lifetime ambition – helping to run Chateau Joy. But the fairytale suddenly ends with Joy’s death. Six months after losing his wife, Christophe is easy prey for a mysterious, charming French countess visiting the valley. Camille, still grieving for her mother, is shocked that her father risks being trapped, and cannot seem to see past the alluring looks, designer clothes and elegant manners. As Camille’s world falls apart, it will take all of her strength and all the help she can get to fight for her family’s legacy.

Danielle Steel proves she is the world’s favourite storyteller in this powerful story of a mother’s unconditional love in Against All Odds.Style. Success. Secrets. Kate Madison’s stylish boutique has been a big success in New York, supporting her and her four kids since her husband’s untimely death. Now, her children have grown up and are ready to forge lives of their own. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, falls for a client in a criminal case. She tells herself she can make a life with him – but can she? Julie, a young designer, meets a man who seems too good to be true. She gives up her job and moves to LA to be at his side, ignoring the danger signs. Justin is a struggling writer who pushes his partner for children before they’re financially or emotionally ready. And Willie, the youngest, makes a choice that shocks them all . . . For Kate – loving, supportive and outspoken – the hardest lesson will be that she can’t protect her children from their choices, but can only love them as they make them.

They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire finds the spacious loft apartment. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage the rent. She meets Abby, a writer trying to make it on her own, far from her successful family in L.A. Then Morgan joins them. She’s ambitious, with a serious finance job on Wall Street. Finally Sasha, a medical student. And so the sprawling space, with its exposed brick and rich natural light, becomes a home to friends about to embark on new exhilarating adventures. Their shared life in the apartment turns them into a family of beloved friends. But as unexpected opportunities and challenges alter the course of each of their lives, they face the bittersweet reality that in time, they will inevitably move away from the place where their dreams began . . . Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain.

While investigating allegations involving the vice president of the United States, Alix Phillips interviews Olympia Foster, the widow of one of America’s most admired senators, which brings Alix, and her cameraman Ben Chapman, to the attention of an adversary more sinister than they imagined.

Natasha Leonovas beauty saved her life. Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire, she has lived for seven years under his protection. Believing his generosity will always keep her safe, Natasha is careful not to dwell on Vladimirs ruthlessness or the deadly circles he moves in. Until she meets Theo Luca. The son of a famous and difficult artist, Theo and his mother own a restaurant filled with his late fathers artwork. There, on a warm June evening, Theo first encounters Natasha, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. And there, Vladimir lays eyes on Lucas artwork. Two dangerous obsessions begin. Theo, a gifted artist in his own right, finds himself feverishly painting Natashas image for weeks after their first meeting. Vladimir, enraged that the paintings are not for sale, is determined to secure one at any price. And Natasha, who knows that she cannot afford to make even one false move, nevertheless begins to think of the freedom she can never have as Vladimirs mistress …

The discovery of a cache of letters, photos and jewels in an abandoned safe deposit box brings together several unlikely people who investigate the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful young countess 75 years earlier.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills–until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident–and wrestling with the lure of death herself–she meets a boy who will cause her life to change forever yet again. Thirteen-year-old Blue Williams has been living on the streets, abandoned by his family, rarely attending school, and utterly alone. Following her instincts, Ginny reaches out to him. Leery of everyone, he runs from her again and again. But he always returns, and each time, their friendship grows. Blue glows with outsized spirit and an irresistible mix of innocence and wisdom beyond his years. Ginny offers him respect as they form an unusual bond and become the family they each lost. But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns of a shocking betrayal that he has been hiding. Is it a wound too deep to heal, or will she be able to fight the battle that will make them both whole again? Blue is #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel at her finest, a probing and emotionally gripping story of dark secrets revealed, second chances, and the power of love and courage to overcome life’s greatest challenges.

As a devoted mother, Veronique Parker has dedicated herself to her three daughters, before and since her divorce. Her world is turned upside down, however, when her former husband dies suddenly, leaving her and their daughters astonishing inheritances: a painting of mysterious provenance, a ch�teau in the south of France, the freedom to pursue their dreams, and a shocking revelation from the past. The precious gifts he left will lead them on a journey certain to change Veronique and her daughters’ destinies in the most surprising of ways. Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain.

A beautiful story of fate, love and loss, tied together by two families who were never meant to stay apart and the powerful bond that will link them forever. Late 1930’s Germany: Two noble life-long friends, Alex and Nicolas, are witnessing the cusp of WWII when Nicholas’s father reveals the long-buried secret of his son’s partial Jewish ancestry. Urged to flee, the only treasures Nicholas and his sons can take are two dazzling Lipizzaner horses – gifts from Alex. These magnificent creatures become their ticket to a new life waiting across the ocean – one in which a job has been promised to Nick with the famous Ringling Brothers Circus. While Alex and his daughter face escalating danger in war-torn Europe, Nick struggles to adjust to life in the circus…until a graceful young high-wire walker manages to steal his heart.

A mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world.

A high-powered CEO and mother of two, a mom who gave up a promising law career, and a struggling artist and mother with an absent husband are forced to reevaluate their sacrifices and beliefs when they confront the realities of power and family.

Struggling to achieve an independent life when her stale marriage abruptly ends, Stephanie Adams embarks on an impulsive road trip and discovers herself in the course of a whirlwind relationship with a famous country music star. By the best-selling author of Prodigal Son.

Undercover is the thrilling new novel from Danielle Steel, whose many #1New York Times bestselling tales have made her one of America’s most beloved writers.

In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl?s dreams are about to be shattered.At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily?s future is changed forever – her hopes for Olympic triumph swept away in a tragic accident.Her father, Bill, refuses to accept Lily?s fate, while her neurosurgeon, Dr Jessie Matthews, is adamant that all hope is not lost. But when Jessie endures a tragedy of her own, her spirit is truly tested.Then Bill decides to build a rehab facility for his daughter and transforms countless other lives too. But will courage and kindness be enough to make winners of them all?An inspirational story of courage and triumph from one of the world’s greatest storytellers. A perfect read for fans of Susan Lewis, Jodi Picoult and Penny Vincenzi.

A couple destined to be together forever meet an untimely demise and wind up reincarnated as a hardened New York City publisher and a shy Amish woman writer, both of whom feel an uncanny attraction to each other.

“Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care of alluring but married French doctor, Jean-Charles Vernier. By the best-selling author of Friends Forever.”

In Paris, France, Minnie, a long-haired teacup chihuahua who loves to dress up, gets separated from her fashion-loving owner, Francoise, at a fashion show.

Her life shattered by her boyfriend’s infidelity, movie director Tallie Jones also discovers that one of her closest associates has been stealing from her for years, and partners with a dashing FBI agent to identify a hidden enemy.

Forging inseparable bonds in childhood that reinforce them throughout their teen years, two girls and three boys go their separate ways as adults and encounter respective tragedies and transformations. By the best-selling author of Happy Birthday. 400,000 first printing.

Taking in three boarders at her turn-of-the-century West Village townhouse, a woman forges ties with strangers who become friends–and then, like family–as each shares respective stories about lives shaped by contemporary issues. Reprint. A New York Times best-seller.

Presents a memoir of the author’s long-time work with San Francisco’s homeless while sharing a call for more effective action.

Olivia faces the past, tries to balance the present and make amends where due, while running her vastly successful business.

The Sunday Times Bestseller When Swiss-born Hugues Martin sees a small, run-down hotel in New York for the rough diamond it is, he transforms it into a beautiful boutique hotel of impeccable elegance, run with the precision and attention to detail he learned through his hotelier training in Europe. Renowned for its unparalleled service, the Hotel Vendôme soon becomes the ideal New York refuge for the rich and famous, as well as a perfect home for Hugues’ beautiful wife and their young daughter. But when his wife tires of his obsession for the hotel, she walks out on him for a notorious rock star, leaving Hugues a single parent to four-year-old Heloise. Heloise and her family live happily amid a colourful, exciting and sometimes mysterious milieu of celebrities, socialites, politicians, world travellers and hotel employees – and their inevitable intrigues. As unexpected challenges arise, the hotel is the centre of their world. And when Heloise grows us, she longs to follow in her father’s footsteps and one day run the Hotel Vendôme. The lessons she learned at his side will carry her through it all, in a story no reader will forget.

After her sister gets engaged to a carbon copy of her narcissistic father, plus-size woman Victoria Dawson, who has fled L.A. for less-body-conscious New York City, must learn to love herself for who she is if she is ever going to get on with her life. Reprint. A best-selling novel.

Weaves together the stories of a writer working in the heart of academia in modern-day Boston and a daring young Sioux indian on an incredible journey in the 18th century. By the best-selling author of Big Girl. Reprint.

KALEIDOSCOPE: No one could have imagined that Sam Walker’s fairytale love with his French bride would end in tragedy… Nine-year-old Hilary, the eldest of the Walker children, clung desperately to her two younger sisters, Alexandra and baby Megan. However, they too would be wrenched from her tender arms. Hilary swears that she will one day track down the man who destroyed her family, and find her beloved sisters again. John Chapman, prestigious private investigator chosen to find the sisters, embarks on a labyrinthine trail, knowing that at some point, the sisters must face each other – and the most devastating secret of all . . . FAMILY ALBUM: Hollywood, 1945. Shipping heir Ward Thayer and screen star Faye Price are reunited after a chance meeting two years earlier. Unable to forget the connection they shared, romance quickly sparks. But for Faye, the life she’s heading for with Ward is a threat to her ambition. How can she decide between Hollywood and motherhood? Is it right to choose fame over family? Faye is on the brink of an impossible choice that will shape the lives of those she loves in ways she could scarcely have imagined.

When she journeys to London to do a shoot of famous writer Finn O’Neill, photographer Hope Dunne is attracted to him and accepts his invitation to his isolated Irish estate, where lies and gaps in his history rouse her suspicions.

Follows the lives and fortunes of Coco Barrington; her mother, a best-selling author; and her sister, Jane, a successful Hollywood producer, as they approach new relationships and important changes in their lives. Reprint.

Years after gaining unexpected custody of her sister’s three small children, a woman experiences emotional division when the grown children choose very different paths in life, in a tale set in Manhattan, Paris and Tehran. By the best-selling author of Sisters. 500,000 first printing.

Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blonde, stylish, married to a successful merchant banker and having raised two daughters, Faith has a life many would envy. But Faith has overcome a childhood marred by tragedy, and has carried within herself a secret she could divulge to no-one. The sudden death of her stepfather sets off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back – and an old friend re-enters Faith’s life. Brad, a long lanky boy from her childhood days who had teased, tormented and protected her. Now a busy lawyer in California, Brad re-enters Faith’s life just as she makes a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. As these two childhood friends rediscover each other, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing a secret that has long been haunting her, and opening up her heart for the first time in her life.

The pledged themselves for ever . . . For Gillian and Chris their happiness seemed complete. Handsome, dynamic, with a wild past behind him and a golden future ahead, Chris was everything Gillian wanted – and more. Until a moment’s infidelity broke the bond they shared and sent Gillian running to the city of her birth. And into the arms of another man. She thought she’d said goodbye to love. But her heart told her that she should never despair, for forever is never over.

On Sarah Whitfield’s seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield. In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife. On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after, the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah, their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way, in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau, Sarah continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation, unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still alive. After the war, as a gesture of goodwill, the Whitfields start buying jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah’s style and keen eye, the collection becomes the prestigious Whitfield’s jewelry store in Paris. Eventually, their jewelry business expands to London and Rome, as their family grows. Phillip, their firstborn, is stubborn and proud; Julian, their second son, is charming and generous and warm; Isabelle is rebellious and willful; and Xavier, unusual and untamed, is the final unexpected gift of their love. They each find their own way, but will be drawn to the great house of gems their parents built. In Jewels, Danielle Steel takes the reader through five eventful decades that include war, passion, international intrigue, and the strength of family through it all.

The perfect love . . . Jessica and Ian were a golden couple – young, glamorous, successful. And deeply in love. Until one afternoon’s casual faithlessness threatened their relationship, ended their days of happiness and nights of desire. Or so it seemed. But for Jessica and Ian, the lesson of love was only just beginning . . . . Now and Forever is a moving, inspirational novel from bestselling author Danielle Steel.

Bettina Daniels lived a fairytale existence of glamour, endless parties, and luxury among America’s top celebrities — simply because she was the beautiful daughter of famous American author Justin Daniels. Then, in one moment of tragedy, her father was dead, and Bettina discovered the truth — he had spent every dime he’d ever earned and run up millions in debt. At eighteen, penniless and alone, she had lost everything except her father’s dearest friend, Ivo Stewart. A wealthy, handsome publisher of sixty-two, he offered Bettina a way out: marriage. But only for a time. What lay ahead for Bettina was a life filled with shocks and surprises — and eventually a chance to become a playwright, and a writer like her father. Having learned her lessons dearly, Bettina blossoms into her own person at last.

On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-bound bus into a small midwestern town. She doesn’t intend to stay. She is just passing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a story that you will never forget. The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of events begins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged with purpose. A happy home is shattered by a child’s senseless death. A loving marriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrives—a young woman who will touch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fall in love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family’s dreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious gift she leaves them. The Gift, Danielle Steel’s thirty-third best-selling work, is a magical story told with stunning simplicity and power. It reveals a relationship so moving it will take your breath away. And it tells a haunting and beautiful truth about the unpredictability—and the wonder—of life.

As one of the world’s richest women, beautiful Kezla Saint Martin was the pampered darling of the jet-set, her life a careless round of glamourous games. But those games had rules of their own, and Kezla was harbouring secret longings. She wanted all that lavish world provided- and more. Then Kezla met Lucas Johns: bold, dynamic- a man with a lust for life and a gift for danger. Ex-convict, crusader, he was a hero to many and a threat to many more. To Kezla he became the only thing that mattered , and the love they shared was richer, more powerful than any she’d ever known. This was their sweetest hour… until their world crashed and their love had to meet its sternest test…

When Marin County mother and freelance writer Tanya Harris gets the chance to write a major Hollywood screenplay, she finds herself thrust into an unfamiliar world that forces her to reconcile her two lives as a suburban mom and award-winning screenwriter

During an annual Fourth of July family gathering, the lives of four sisters–Candy, a supermodel; Tammy, a TV producer; Sabrina, an ambitious young lawyer; and Annie, an artist–are changed forever by tragedy as they come together to support one another and to pick up the pieces, while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. 800,000 first printing.

A workaholic attorney, Sarah Anderson finds her life transformed by an inheritance from an elderly client and by a magnificent mansion, built in the 1920s by a wealthy Frenchman, a legacy that leads Sarah to architect Jeff Parker.

Brought together by their mutual interest in art, Sasha, a widowed art gallery owner with grown children, and Liam, a successful artist nine years her junior, find new meaning in their lives through their relationship with each other.

Fernanda Barnes s life was once graced by security, success and stunning wealth. Now, widowed and with a mounting pile of debts, she is trying desperately to shield her three children from the rising panic within her. When a file of press clippings and

Freewheeling fashion magazine editor Fiona Monaghan meets her match–and opposite–in conservative widower John Anderson, who accompanies her to a Paris couture show and unexpectedly steals her heart, a development that prompts both to adapt their contrasting lifestyles. Reprint.

With two grown children and a lovely home in Connecticut, Paris was happy with her life. So when her husband of 24 years said they needed to talk, Paris couldn’t imagine what he was about to say. Divorce hits her hard and the dating game doesn’t seem to work, but slowly she finds her feet.

Having lost her beloved valedictorian son in a tragic car accident, Alice Peterson begins to experience encouraging visions of her son, which are also witnessed by the late boy’s troubled nine-year-old brother.

As Diana Morrison laid the table for six at her elegant Central Park apartment, there was no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year’s Eve together was a sacred tradition for Diana, her husband of thirty-two years, Eric, and their best friends, Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith. The future looked rosy as the long-time friends sipped champagne and talked of renting a villa together in the South of France the following summer. But life had other plans… Just two weeks after New Year’s, tragedy strikes the heart of their close circle, as Robert Smith suffers a sudden, unexpected loss. Without hesitation, Diana and Eric, Pascale and John rally to his side, united in their support, love, and shared grief. Convinced that a change of scenery is just what Robert needs, they urge him to join them on the Riviera in August. But as they soon discover, the ramshackle old mansion they rented in St. Tropez – sight unseen – is far different from the exquisite villa and sun-drenched gardens touted in the brochure. Cobwebs hang from the celling. Beds collapse beneath them. All while a would-be housekeeper in a leopard-skin bikini and six-inch heels sashays through the house

Having met her soulmate in Joe Allbright, New York City debutante Kate Jamison reencounters him multiple times in the years that follow and suffers heartbreak when he remains unwilling to compromise on his dreams.

Growing up desolate under the eye of a resentful great aunt on an Iowa farm, Marie-Ange Hawkins dreams of returning to the French chateau where she lived before she was orphaned, but when she finally does so, she learns a devastating truth. 900,000 first printing.

Steve and Meredith’s fourteen-year-marriage is threatened when Meredith accepts a job on the West Coast, and the couple faces new lives, and the possibility of new love, as they try to navigate a bi-coastal romance. Reprint.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly-maintained calendars. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she had married seventeen years before. She had chosen this l

A twenty-nine-year old high-powered entertainment attorney finds her life turned upside down when she meets a writer, is swept off her feet, and begins planning a wedding. 1,100,000 first printing.

To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the suprise was overwhelming. And for twins Olivia and Victoria, coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterio

A contemporary romantic comedy, the author’s fortieth novel captures the fun, the challenge, and the occasional embarrassment of starting a new relationship. Reprint.

A strange, comic love triangle is formed when a New Yorker on an impulsive journey to Paris after her husband deserts her meets the handsome chairman of a bionics company, who secretly has spawned a flamboyant clone.

Follows the five-day affair between a man and a woman in Paris, a relationship that decides the course of the rest of their lives. Reprint.

At seventeen, on the night of her mother s funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. A young woman with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep they may never heal, Grace will not tell the truth about the attack. She is beautiful enough for men to want h

America’s number one bestselling author presents a powerful and moving portrait of families divided, lives shattered, and a nation torn apart by prejudice during a shameful episode in recent American history. Reprint.

Alexandra Parker, a partner at one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, finds her successful career and long-time marriage turned upside down by a shattering medical diagnosis, while her financier husband is haunted by his own ghosts and a career disaster. 1,000,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.

Happy housewife Page Clarke finds her life changed forever when her teenaged daughter, Allyson, is in a car accident, and, without her husband Brad there to lean on, Page turns to handsome Trygve, whose own daughter was also injured. Reprint.

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In a novel set between the two World Wars, young Cassie O’Malley pushes herself to the limits and battles the odds to rise to the heights of the aviation world

A story about a young woman who arrives in a small town for an unplanned stay.

A survivor, along with her younger siblings, of the sinking of the Titanic, which killed her parents, Edwina Winfield returns to San Francisco and takes on the responsibilities of raising a family. Reprint.

When Adrian Townsend and Bill Thigpen first bump into each other during a midnight trip to the supermarket, neither of them expects to fall in love, but the two forge an unlikely relationship

Follows Paxton Andrews, a journalist stationed in Vietnam during the war, and the men she encounters–Peter Wilson, erstwhile law-school student, AP correspondent Ralph Johnson, and Bill Quinn, on his fourth tour of duty

The lives of three individuals–singing star Crystal Wyatt, power-hungry Elizabeth Barclay, and lawyer Spencer Hill–intertwine personally and professionally as these three ambitious figures pursue their goals

Vowing never to love again after a disastrous marriage, renowned TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams encounters famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam–a widower with three children–and as their powerful feelings for each other develop, Melanie must choose between her career, Peter, and her family. Reissue.

When she is just past eighteen, Kate meets super football star Tom Harper and falls in love.

Left alone for the summer by her rebellious teenage daughter and a husband whose international business activities allow them almost no time together, Deanna Duras finds solace from her loneliness in an affair with Ben Thompson. Reissue.

Jean Roberts, having sought security in a wealthy man’s love, finds that her values have betrayed her daughter Tana, who casts her destiny with the civil rights movement

After her husband leaves her, Samantha finds a courage equal to the untamed spirit of the proud stallion that would carry her into a new world of love.

The promise of undying love made by a young architect and a beautiful, talented artist is tested by a devastating event on their wedding day

The tragic affair of a German-Jewish novelist and the wife of one of Berlin’s richest bankers in Hitler’s Germany casts unexpected shadows that touch the lives of many people for generations to come.

Two beautiful daughters of Serena, a woman from post-World War Italy who married and moved to America, are shaped by a secret that follows the family from coast-to-coast.

Chronicles the life of Zoya, a Russian immigrant, as she makes a new life for herself in America despite the complications of war and the Great Depression.

Unhappy with the baby sitter he has, four-year-old Max is relieved when his parents find him a baby sitter he likes much better.

As she journeys from America to China, Germany, England, and North Africa, Audrey Driscoll finds herself repeatedly torn between her yearning for adventure and the dictates of her conscience

Explores the drama and characters behind the scenes in the making of “Mahattan,” a prime-time television series.

A young San Francisco lawyer’s life changes when he meets the perfect stranger in the beautiful Raphaella, the sheltered daughter of a European banker and restless wife of a much older man. By the author of Lightning. Reissue.

Kezia Saint Martin was born to dazzle the world and Lucas Johns was born to change it.