Virginia Cleo Andrews Livres

In the heart of the bayou, Ruby Landry lives a simple, happy life. But innocence can't last forever... The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian, Grandmère Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken, outcast Grandpèrb Jack. Although thinking about her dead mother and mysterious father sometimes makes her feel as mournful as the wind sighing through the Spanish moss, Ruby is grateful for all she has. Her life is filled with hope and promise...especially when her attraction for handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a mysterious, wonderful love. But Paul's wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and Grandmère urges her to follow her dream of becoming a great painter, foreseeing a time when Ruby will be surrounded with riches in the dazzling city of New Orleans! Yet she cannot know how close that uncertain future looms.... In a faded photograph, Ruby glimpses for the first time the image of her father -- and learns of a shameful deception and a shocking scheme of blackmail that now must come to light. Stunned by these revelations, she is devastated when Grandmère dies, leaving her to seek out her father in his vast New Orleans mansion. There, in a house of lies, madness, and cruel torment, Ruby clings to her memories of Paul to keep her heart alive. For only their love can save her now....

Was the Hudson Family destined to live in the shadows of the past? Or would luck shine on the newest generation? The answer lies at... The End of the Rainbow Rain's precious daughter, Summer, is about to turn sixteen. Her future lies wide open before her and she carries her mother's wise advice close to her heart: life is hardship, but above all, life is hope. Like all girls her age, Summer dreams of growing up and making her own life, of falling in love and finding her soul mate. But a devastating tragedy will force Summer to stare into the cold eyes of adulthood long before she is ready. She will learn very quickly about hardship -- but what of hope? Is she as strong as her courageous mother? Or will she crumble? All her life, Summer has lived on the Virginia estate where the Hudson family's secrets have lurked among the shadows for generations. Now it is time for Summer to discover secrets of her own. Some she will keep. Some she will share. Some will force her to flee the only place she has ever called home. And some will haunt her for the rest of her life....

Driven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met, and the only man Ruby will ever long for with all her body and soul, Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family of her own....

Virginia Andrews est un phénomène. Ses livres mettent en scène des enfants en pleine puberté, souvent confrontés à des adultes présentant des troubles psychologiques qui représentent une menace. L'atmosphère mystique et troublante de ses récits révèle une base réaliste. Andrews écrit de manière si captivante qu'il est difficile de ne pas dévorer ses ouvrages d'une traite. Ce roman complète et conclut la série DAWN. Lillian profite d'une enfance insouciante sur la prospère plantation The Meadows. Cependant, sa sœur Emily lui révèle un secret choquant sur sa naissance. À partir de ce moment, une malédiction semble peser sur elle, la conduisant à croiser le chemin de Bill Cutler, un playboy et propriétaire de l'hôtel Cutler's Cove.

RAIN HAS SEARCHED FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME. BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE WHEN THE NIGHT SKY LIGHTS UP WITH TERROR.... Torn from the embrace of her poor but loving family, Rain Arnold now lives surrounded by opulent riches but feels more like an outsider than ever before. Her heart's true passion -- the theater -- may prove to be her salvation, as she embarks on a journey to unmask a legacy of long-buried family secrets. Enrolled in one of England's most prestigious drama schools, Rain is sent to London to live with her great-aunt, Lenora, of the renowned Endfield family. Their estate is breathtakingly austere, filled with antiques and a long, storied history. But something isn't right. Rain hears footsteps at night, and the high-pitched laughter of a little girl. She sees strange lights in rooms that are supposed to be closed off. And everything about the place -- the air, the silence, even the somber household staff -- is as cold and soulless as a museum. Behind the icy sheen of wealth and privilege lies something unspeakable. Something that could turn Rain's most precious dreams into an inescapable nightmare....

Ruby vit depuis plus d'un an dans la famille Dumas et découvre la beauté de leur manoir ainsi que l'amour paternel qu'elle n'avait jamais connu. Cependant, le bonheur qu'elle ressent dans son nouveau foyer est aussi éphémère que la brume. Elle doit se méfier de sa belle-mère, Daphne, qui la rabaisse constamment et se moque de son éducation cajun. De plus, sa tentative de se lier d'amitié avec sa sœur gâtée, Gisselle, surtout après l'accident de voiture qui l'a laissée en fauteuil roulant, est confrontée à l'amertume et à l'hypocrisie. L'école exclusive pour filles de Greenwood, où elles commencent à aller sur le souhait de leur père, semble être une échappatoire à Daphne et une chance de se rapprocher de Gisselle. Pourtant, Ruby n'est pas la bienvenue à Greenwood. La directrice, Mme Ironwood, avec le soutien tacite de Daphne, rend sa vie difficile à chaque pas. Son seul réconfort vient de ses rencontres secrètes avec Beau Andreas, qui auront des conséquences. Lorsque Ruby découvre qu'elle est enceinte, elle est expulsée de l'école et retourne dans sa baie natale...

Heaven Leigh Casteel, âgée de dix-sept ans, entame un nouveau chapitre de sa vie en emménageant chez sa grand-mère Gillian et son jeune mari, Tony Tatterton, propriétaire d'un empire de jouets. Pour Heaven, marquée par une enfance traumatisante dans la pauvreté et des cauchemars au sein de sa famille d'accueil, ce nouvel endroit semble être un paradis. Cependant, Farthingale Manor, avec son atmosphère gothique et son opulence, impose rapidement un climat sombre. Un jour, en errant dans le jardin, Heaven découvre un petit cottage où elle rencontre sa nouvelle passion, Troy, le frère cadet de Tony, un solitaire. Bien qu'hésitant au départ, Troy laisse Heaven entrer dans sa vie, et leur romance commence à s'épanouir dans l'ombre d'un labyrinthe. Quels chemins tortueux les attendent ? Cette histoire moderne se présente comme un conte de fées avec des rebondissements inattendus.

Serie"Aurore" Tome 4, "La famille Cutler."

Ce livre précède et explique la série de Fleurs captives. À l’origine, un couple inattendu, Malcolm et Olivia : elle, terne et sans relief, lui riche et beau. De victime d’un mauvais mariage, ils vont devenir bourreaux et se retrouver complices dans la haine, la vengeance et la folie. La victime sera Alicia, la seconde femme du père de Malcolm ; lorsque la mort de son père la lui livre sans défense, Malcom la viole … Enceinte, Alicia est cloîtrée jusqu’ à son accouchement, puis chassée du domaine. Sa fille Corinne lui est arrachée et Malcolm et Alicia la feront passer pour leur enfant. Ainsi commence la malédiction des futurs héros de Fleurs captives…

RAIN ALREADY KNOWS HOW HARD LIFE CAN BE. BUT SHE IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER A SHATTERING SECRET FROM THE PAST THAT WILL CHANGE HER FUTURE FOREVER.... Growing up in the ghettos of Washington, D.C., the cards are stacked against a hardworking dreamer like Rain Arnold. Rain has fought to be the best daughter she can: she studies hard and gets good grades; she helps her mother cook and clean. And unlike her defiant younger sister, she avoids the dangers of the city streets as if her life depends on it...and it does. But Rain can't suppress the feeling that she has never truly fit in, that she is a stranger in her own world. Then one fateful night, Rain overhears something she shouldn't: a heartbreaking revelation from the past, a long-buried secret that is about to change her life in ways she never could have imagined. In the blink of an eye, everything Rain has ever known -- the family she has loved and the familiar place she has called home is left behind, and Rain is sent to live with total strangers, the wealthy Hudson family. But just as she did not belong to the troubled world she was raised in, Rain is also out of place in this realm of luxury and privilege. With nowhere to turn, Rain finds an escape in the theater, inside the walls of an exclusive private school. But will it be enough to fulfill her heart's deepest wish -- and give her a place to call home?

Shadowed by her tortured past, Dawn has a bright new life of glimmering hopes... Dawn can hardly believe she's a student at one of New York City's best music schools. Now her most precious wish, to become a singer, can come true. But Dawn still dreams about Jimmy, her strong, intense boyfriend, and the love and anguished secrets they share. Then Michael Sutton arrives, a new teacher at the school, a singing star and the most wonderful looking man Dawn has ever seen. Together they create a world of feeling Dawn has never known. In his embrace Dawn awakens to disturbing, unfamiliar desires, and Michael's promises offer a vision of music and romance forever...until he disappears. Dazed by his cruelty, alone with the bitter fruit of his betrayal, Dawn becomes, once again, a victim of her grandmothers twisted schemes. Desolate, she clings to the tender hope that Jimmy will return and renew with her their deepest hearts' dream...

Cinnamon loves the shadows, because that's where no one can find her... For Cinnamon, dreaming of imaginary worlds and characters is her only escape from her mother's breakdowns. Her grandmother's overbearing control. Her family's turmoil. But Cinnamon is discovering something special about herself, a gift from deep within that sets her apart: a talent for the theater that would finally give her a chance...to truly "escape."

Heaven vit dans une cabane sordide en compagnie de ses parents, de ses grands-parents et de ses quatre frères et soeurs. Perchée dans les collines, démunie de tout, la vie est un véritable cauchemar pour la jeune adolescente. Son père, un minable contrebandier qui passe ses nuits à jouer, la déteste. Sa mère adoptive, de nouveau enceinte, met au monde un enfant mort-né avant de s'enfuir du foyer maudit. Seule pour veiller sur la famille, Heaven doit abandonner l'école et voler de la nourriture pour survivre. Et l'horreur poursuit son chemin... Tour à tour les enfants sont vendus, Heaven devient l'esclave d'un couple riche. Mais envers et contre tout, malgré la malédiction qui pèse sur elle, elle garde intact l'espoir de retrouver ses frères et soeurs disparus !

Jade had listened to Misty and Star tell their stories. Now it is her time to speak. But she can't. For while the others in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group had exposed their hidden pains and secret pasts, they are nothing like Jade. They don't know what it is like to be a pawn in a courtroom battle too hateful to ever forgive. Or that escaping the madness had lured Jade into an ordeal too traumatic to forget....

« Star », une jeune Noire, est l'une des quatre adolescentes que le Dr Marlowe a réunies pour une psychothérapie de groupe. Elle a connu une enfance très difficile. Une mère alcoolique, un père qui les a abandonnés, son petit frère Rodney et elle. Gamine, « Star » a dû se débrouiller pour s'occuper de lui et lutter contre les services sociaux qui intervenaient sans cesse. Puis, il y eut l'inévitable amant de la mère qui la terrorisait, la maladie de son petit frère, et finalement l'abandon. La mère de « Star » s'est enfuie avec son amant. Comment survivre à tant de malheurs qui s'enchaînent, inéluctablement ?

AS MRS. JAMES GARY LONGCHAMP, DAWN IS BLISSFULLY HAPPY. BUT A LEGACY OF DECEIT AND BETRAYAL STILL HAUNTS HER ... At last, Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own. Yet Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence everywhere ... can feel her bitter hatred as if the old lady plotted her vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother, Philip, still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is heartstricken. Her spiteful, jealous sister, Clara, is far easier to ignore until the day Clara's childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn's most cherished, precious dream. Then Christie's father, debonair singing star Michael Sutton, returns. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy ... for only with Jimmy's love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.

NB: Second livre du coffret Fleurs captives (ISBN 9782298134810) publié en 2017 par France Loisirs. (Pas d'ISBN différent pour chaque livre.) Les lecteurs de Fleurs captives n’ont pas oublié le drame poignant de quatre enfants séquestrés des années dans un grenier par la volonté d’une mère sadique qui cherchait à les faire périr pour toucher un gros héritage… Ils ne sont plus que trois aujourd’hui, trois héros prêts à relever le défi de la vie. Et dans ce monde où ils s’aventurent, démunis, désarmés, la vie commence par leur sourire : Christopher peut préparer sa médecine, Cathy étudier la danse. Seule, Carrie, trop fragile et meurtrie, se laisse mourir. Mais l’amour et le succès leur permettront-ils d’oublier leur horrible passé, alors que Christopher est marqué à jamais par une passion inavouable et que Cathy est possédée par un seul désir : se venger et détruire sa mère.

A son retour en Virginie, Rain n'est plus l'enfant pauvre entrée comme " protégée " dans la maison Hudson. Elle y est chez elle, et détient une grande partie de la fortune familiale. A Londres, elle a retrouvé son véritable père : il ne tient qu'à elle d'aller le rejoindre et de tourner le dos au passé. Mais elle sait que sa chère Grand-mère Hudson ne l'aurait pas voulu, qu'elle doit rester pour défendre ses droits. Et que le combat sera sans merci. La famille se ligue contre elle pour contester son héritage. Son demi-frère Brody, toujours ignorant de leur parenté, lui déclare sa passion. Le refus de Rain va provoquer une tragédie familiale. Et quand un accident vient briser tous ses projets d'avenir, elle y voit la punition du destin. Tombée sous la coupe de l'implacable Victoria, qui la hait, elle n'aura plus qu'un espoir de salut : Austin, l'ami rencontré dans l'épreuve, qui lui offre son dévouement... et son amour.

Poursuite, vingt ans après, des aventures des héros de Fleurs captives et de ses suites. [SDM].

À la mort de son mari, Corinne retourne dans la demeure parentale en compagnie de ses quatre enfants, deux garçons et deux filles. Pour des histoires d’héritage, la jeune veuve doit cacher leur existence à son père, avec lequel elle est brouillée. Sa mère, pour sa part, se montre vindicative et terrible envers eux : sous couvert de les préserver, elle les séquestre dans le grenier avec à peine de quoi subsister. Alors, pour oublier, ils font de cet endroit d’incertitudes et de traumatismes le royaume de leurs jeux et de leurs rêves, le refuge secret de leur tendresse, à l’écart du monde. Mais les jours deviennent des semaines et les semaines des mois. Leur vie devient un enfer. Dans cette atmosphère délétère de complots familiaux, leur seul objectif demeure de s’échapper. À n’importe quel prix.Fleurs captives est le premier des cinq tomes de la saga culte de Virginia C. Andrews, traduite dans une dizaine de langues et vendue à cinq millions d’exemplaires à travers le monde.Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Michel Deutsch.

All she wanted was to be someone's little girl... Fate made her a lonely orphan, yearning for the embrace of a real family and a loving home. But a golden chance at a new life may not be enough to escape the dark secrets of her past...

Roman pour femmes - un récit captivant du combat entre le bien et le mal, incarné par Audrina et Vera. Audrina est la fierté et la joie de ses parents, mais elle suscite également la jalousie et la haine de sa cousine et de sa tante... L'auteure dépeint de manière saisissante le destin de la famille Adare, en particulier celui de leur fille, douce, sage et exceptionnelle Audrina. Une tragédie va bouleverser leur vie. La personnalité d'Audrina se brise, et elle perd la mémoire. À partir de ce moment, sa conscience est enveloppée d'un mystère que tous connaissent, mais dont elle ne peut découvrir la vérité. Un personnage important de l'histoire est également le père, despotique mais profondément aimant. Dans ce livre, l'auteure crée une autre histoire fascinante d'amour et de haine, d'innocence et de perfidie.

Découvrez à votre tour ces quatre enfants séquestrés dans Un immense et ténébreux grenier, avec juste de quoi subsister. Pour quelques semaines seulement, leur a-t-on dit... Alors, pour oublier, ils font de ce grenier le royaume de leurs jeux et de leurs rêves, le refuge secret de leur tendresse, à l'abri du monde. Mais les semaines deviennent des mois, des années... et le grenier, tin enfer pour ces enfants, devenus adolescents, qui se découvrent des haines et des désirs d'adultes. Leur seul rêve est désormais de s'évader... à n'importe quel prix.

" Mais où est donc passée mon enfance ? On dirait que je suis née, un beau matin, et que je me réveille aujourd'hui, Cathy Carson, dix-sept ans. Entre les deux, flou artistique. " Misty, Star, Jade et Cathy : ces quatre jeunes inconnues ne se seraient jamais rencontrées sans les tragiques événements qui ont bousculé leur vie et les ont conduites dans le cabinet d'une psychiatre. Tout les différencie et, pourtant, au terme de leur thérapie de groupe, chacune connaît les autres mieux que quiconque au monde. Ces liens vont-ils se rompre, passée la porte du docteur Marlowe ? Certes, chacune a ses problèmes. Mais de toutes, c'est Cathy qui, livrée à une mère adoptive qui la hait, terrifiée à l'idée que son père abusif puisse revenir la chercher, cloîtrée dans une maison regorgeant de secrets de famille, souffre le plus. Ses sœurs de miséricorde vont-elles l'abandonner ?

Meet wild girls Robin, Teal and Phoebe in the first of a thrilling new two-part series

They lived on the wild side. Now these bad girls are paying the price. At Dr Foreman's School for Girls, the 'students' sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst punishment - the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears. Now, Phoebe, Teal and Robin - three girls from very different worlds - are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other - until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together ... and fight back.

Melody had barely met her cousins - handsome Cary, whose twin sister, Laura, had recently been killed in a tragic sailing accident, and May, a sweet, deaf ten-year-old - when her mother stunned her with the news that Melody was to stay on the Cape while she and Archie continued on the road.

With her mother, Haille, and stepfather dead in tragic accidents, Melody Logan has only just begun to find a safe mooring with the Logans. But then a friend spots a photograph of Haille modelling in a catalogue, and it seems possible that she didn't perish in a Californian fire after all. But although Melody finally finds her mother, nothing can soften the blow of the moment when she stands face-to-face with Haille, and sees her eyes turning cold. Why has her mother pretended not to recognise her? And most importantly why did she fake her own death? Melody is determined to find out, for only in her mother's world of unkept promises and tattered fantasies will she unearth the truth about her past. And then, perhaps, she might find her way to a safer, better place...

A thrilling new tale from Virginia Andrews, beloved author of Flowers in the Attic

Two books in one: If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with Flowers in the Attic.

After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. When she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. It soon becomes clear that perhaps it is better to face the world alone than trapped in a toxic and potentially dangerous family. -- adapted from jacket

PROUD AND BEAUTIFUL, HEAVEN CAME BACK TO THE HILLS - TO RISE AT LAST ABOVE HER FAMILY'S SHAME ! As Logan's bride, she would savour now the love she had sought for so long. Free from her father's clutches, she would live again in her backwoods town, a respected teacher and cherished wife. But after a wedding trip to Boston's Farthinggale Manor and a lavish, elegant party, Heaven and Logan are persuaded to stay ... lured by Tony Tatterton's guile to live amidst the Tatterton wealth and privilege. Then the ghosts of Heaven's past rise up once more, writhing around her fragile happiness ... threatening her precious love with scandal and jealousy, sinister passions and dangerous dreams. --back cover

The start of a brand new two book series from the Queen of Gothic Romance.

This is the fifth and final volume in the "Logan Family" series.

Flowers in the Attic: Four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father

The second in a three book series, Delia's Heart continues from Delia's Crossing, featuring a young girl who comes to the United States from Mexico to live with her wealthy aunt in Palm Springs. Delia Yebarra survived a treacherous desert crossing to protect her friend Ignacio from murder charges. Now, the time has come once again to leave her tiny Mexican hometown: Delia's cousin Edward convinces her to return to his world of wealth and privilege in Palm Springs, and soon Delia, a beautiful and popular senior at an exclusive private school, is living the American dream. But Delia will quickly discover that high society has a very dark underside. Delia's malicious cousin Sophia is sparking horrific rumors with Delia at their center. Racing to do damage control, Delia's mortified aunt Isabela introduces her troublesome niece to the handsome son of a wealthy Mexican American politician. An attraction sparks and a whirlwind romance begins...but Delia's heart won't let her forget her humble roots—or Ignacio. And when tragedy tears her world apart, will it be too late to save the one she cares about the most?

Hope is shattered... La esperanza se destruyeNo amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son. But when she discovers she is carrying his child, Delia has no choice but to live under the watchful eye of Adan's powerful father, who blamed Delia for the deadly accident but soon puts her health and the safe delivery of his grandchild above his resentments. Or so Delia believed.But love brings new life...Pero el amor sopla una nueva vidaFor Adan's father intends to use his connections to blackmail Delia. A cruel nursemaid monitors her every move. And a manipulative schemer orchestrates a reunion with Delia's cousin Edward -- a visit with grave consequences. But after tiny Adan Jr. arrives, Delia is no longer fighting for herself but for everything she ever believed, back when she was a Mexican country girl. Can Delia recapture the innocence of her roots and make a bright future for her family?

The enthralling sequel to Daughter of Darknessfrom the international bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic

A new stand-alone novel from bestselling author Virginia Andrews

Mayfair Cummings is young, beautiful, and brilliant. But her intelligence makes her the outcast of both the private school she attends and the broken family she hopes to salvage. When she catches the eye of both a popular senior and her handsome English teacher, not even her brilliant mind can help her navigate the explosive new relationships she is forming, or a scandal that is brewing…

Growing up in her beloved swamp, Gabriel is supremely happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Her classmates tease her, calling her "La Femme Au Naturel," the Nature Girl, because she seems more interested in poling her pirogue through the canals than she is in romance. But Gabriel nurtures her own secret dreams. Then, days before her high school graduation, rich cannery owner Octavious Tate surprises her in a secluded pond and shatters her innocence. Pregnant and desolate, wishing to spare her dear Mama the scandal, Gabriel agrees to a shocking plan that will allow Octavious's frigid wife Gladys to claim the baby as her own and will net Gabriel's furious Daddy a huge payoff. Hiding in a tiny abandoned playroom in the Tate mansion, Gabriel is miserable. Her only visitor is Mama, whose mission as a Traiteur, a Cajun healer, gives her an excuse to treat Gladys Tate's "pregnancy." But nothing is more wrenching than the moment Gladys takes baby Paul away forever. Returning home to the swamp, Gabriel drifts in a world of twilight gloom, brightened only by chance glimpses of her son. But as Jack Landry's reputation as a swamp guide grows, a hunting party brings handsome, gentle Creole millionaire Pierre Dumas to the bayou. Falling desperately in love, Gabriel will not heed the voice warning that their joy may bring her more grief than she can bear....

Left on a train platform in an unfamiliar village, little Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope even as the hours pass and the station grows dark. When a strange old woman with a large umbrella approaches and inquiries about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but with the chances of her father returning growing ever slimmer, she agrees to rest at the old woman's house.

The sequel to 'SHOOTING STARS' explores the idea that while the world is like a stage, not everything unfolds as expected.

For family intrigue and psychological chills, there is no author quite like Virginia Andrews

After her parents are killed in a road accident, Delia Yebarra's life is turned upside-down. At fifteen, she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up to embark on a new life in America. Arriving at her wealthy Aunt Isabella's huge estate in Palm Springs, California, should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia - so why does it feel like a nightmare? Her aunt refuses to acknowledge Delia's heritage, relegating her to the servants' quarters with a lecherous language tutor who is intent on exploiting the beautiful young foreigner. Her cousin Edward is kind, but cousin Sophia is cruel, manipulative and resentful of Delia's sultry Latin looks. And just when Delia tries to embrace the life of an all-American girl, a heartbreaking chain of events sends her spiralling back to a Mexico she hardly recognises ...

Everyone Says Her Mother Was Crazy. Is She Doomed to Repeat the Past? Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to...and it's where, so Alice has been told, she plotted the murder of her own stepfather. Now, years later, with her mother locked away for life, the attic is where Alice finds comfort in her aloneness, writing poetry and painting pictures. When Alice finally finds the courage to come out of her shell, exchanging her dowdy looks for flattering clothes and makeup, her life completely opens up -- she even attends the prom with a cute, popular boy. But it's a night that turns quickly tragic -- sending her newfound happiness crashing down around her, and hurtling Alice into a shattering new life, one that leads her to a shocking reunion with the shadows she had fled. From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping secrets in the shadows.

From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping Secrets in the Attic Two Friends As Close As Sisters. One Killer Secret That Will Tear Their Small Town Apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic Karen shares one more secret with her best friend -- a secret to take to the grave....

Now a major Lifetime movie event, from New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the fourth installment in the classic story of the Casteel family saga. Stunned by tragedy, a young woman finds herself desperate and alone, and clinging to the frailest of dreams. Can Heaven’s daughter find the inner strength to survive? The car crash that killed Heaven and Logan left Annie Casteel Stonewall orphaned and crippled. Whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by the possessive Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but especially for Luke, her half-brother. Friend of her childhood, her fantasy prince, her loving confidante…without the warm glow of Luke’s love, she is lost in the shadows of despair. When Annie discovers Troy’s cottage hidden in Farthinggale’s woods, the mystery of her past deepens. And even as she yearns to see Luke again, her hopes and dreams are darkened by the sinister Casteel spell…treacherous, powerful, and evil.

The Casteel family saga concludes with this fifth and final book as Annie and Luke return to Farthinggale Manor to finally put her past behind her. But the Manor still holds one final key to the mysteries surrounding her family.

Audrina remembers a better time, when her husband, Arden, was a young man with a heart filled with devotion for her. He didn't used to be this ambitious, expansive ... this cruel. But then, the death of Audina's father changed a great many things. When the reading of her father's will reveals that Audrina herself will control fifty-one percent of the family brokerage--the halls of Whitefern again don't feel safe

Secrets are at home here...The Heavenstone sisters live with their mother and father in a grand old mansion in bluegrass Kentucky. Semantha, the younger and prettier one, is afraid of so many things -- darkness, strange noises, mysterious whispers in the night. But nothing frightens her more than her sister, Cassie. She is older and wiser, and always telling Semantha what to do, what to wear, and how to behave around those wicked boys at school. Semantha has her eye on one special guy -- but Cassie has other plans for her. In the Heavenstone house, big sister knows best....and there's no escape. Then tragedy strikes like a lightning bolt from heaven, and Semantha's life becomes a living hell. Under Cassie's constant, watchful eye, she feels like a prisoner -- a helpless pawn in her sister's cruel game. When Cassie begins wearing their mother's clothes and vying for their dad's affections, Semantha realizes she must bring their twisted sibling rivalry to an end...before a new generation is born.

Now a major Lifetime movie event—Book Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic—the novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching. Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her “grandmother.” Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home…and everything they love may soon be torn from them.

She was supposed to be hidden away. But when the truth is exposed, she can't stay silent.... After tragedy tears her family apart, Jordan March is shipped off by her domineering Grandmother Emma to live with Emma's long-forgotten sister. Shuttered in a rundown farmhouse, Aunt Frances is the strangest person Jordan has ever met. Why has Grandmother hidden away this fragile, harmless woman -- did Frances grow up much too fast, like Jordan did? In the shadows of the farmhouse, Jordan is about to unearth the shattering truth -- and the March family will never be the same....

In the latest in the Early Spring series, Jordan March's body begins to change in a way that seems dark, dangerous, and threatening. Now, Grandmother Emma sets out to make Jordan pay for her family's past mistakes. Original.

The prequel trilogy to the Dollanganger series comes to a riveting end with The Shadows of Foxworth.

The new novel from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind- both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like it must have been another life. He's adopted into a wealthy family - but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?

"As identical twins, their mother insists that everything about them be identical: their clothes, their toys, their friends ... the number of letters in their names, Haylee Blossom Fitzgerald and Kaylee Blossom Fitzgerald. If one gets a hug, the other must, too. If one gets punished, the other must be, too. Homeschooled at an early age, when the girls attend a real high school they find little ways to highlight the differences between them. But when Haylee runs headfirst into the dating scene, both sisters are thrust into a world their mother never prepared them for--causing one twin to pursue the ultimate independence. The one difference between the two girls may spell the difference between life ... and a fate worse than death."--

Renowned for her singing across the English countryside, Emma is determined to leave her misty hometown for the dazzling streets of New York City. She'll become a Broadway star, or die trying. Her father disowns her on the spot; Emma walks out of the door and into a new life. But when she arrives, her fate is not what she imagined. Just when it seems like Emma might have to admit defeat, she is introduced to a peculiar couple: a wife that cannot bear children of her own, and a husband who would pay Emma to solve that problem. When Emma moves into the couple's remote estate to participate in an elaborate ruse, there's no telling what kind of life she'll have once she's taken the money. -- adapted from publisher info

The second book in the thrilling, brand new trilogy that continues the saga begun in Flowers in the Attic...

New York Timesbestselling author Virginia Andrews ventures into the world of vampires in this brand new urban-fantasy

A family fortune, a forbidden romance, and a daughter in peril are at the center of this newest story from the world of #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies.

Deze serie (omnibus) bevat 5 boeken namelijk:- Hemel zonder engelen (Heaven)- De duistere engel (Dark Angel)- De gevallen engel (Fallen Hearts)- Een engel voor het paradijs (Gates of Paradise)- De droom van een engel (Web of Dreams)Contains:Bevat: Hemel zonder engelen. - Vert. van: Heaven. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1985. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1985 ; De duistere engel. - Vert. van: Dark angel. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1986. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1987 ; De gevallen engel. - Vert. van: Fallen hearts. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1988. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1988 ; Een engel voor het paradijs. - Vert. van: Gates of paradise. - New York : Pocket Books, 1989. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1989 ; De droom van een engel. - Vert. van: Web of dreams. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1990. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1990

Geschichte der jungen Dawn, die eines Tages entdeckt, dass sie in früher Kindheit das Opfer einer Entführung aus reichem Elternhaus wurde. Dort jedoch stösst sie auf Ablehnung und Feindschaft, vor allem von seiten der Grossmutter.

Deze omnibus bevat 5 boeken:- Melody (Melody)- Lied van verlangen (Heart Song)- Onvoltooide symfonie (Unfinished Symphony)- Middenachtmuziek (Music in the Night)- Verstilde stemmen (Olivia)Contains:Bevat: Melody. - Vert. van: Melody. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1996. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1997. - (Melody ; 1) ; Lied van verlangen. - Vert. van: Heart song. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1998. - (Melody ; 2); Onvoltooide symfonie. - Vert. van: Unfinished symphony. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baar : De Kern, 1998. - (Melody ; 3) ; Middernachtmuziek. - Vert. van: Music in the night. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1999. - (Melody ; 4) ; Verstilde stemmen. - Vert. van: Olivia. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1999. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn De Kern, 1999. - (Melody ; 5)

Deze omnibus bevat 5 boeken:- Ruby (Ruby)- Parel in de mist (Pearl in the Mist) - Alles wat schittert (All that Glitters)- Verborgen juweel (Tarnished Gold)- Het gouden web (Hidden Jewel)Contains:Bevat: Ruby. - Vert. van: Ruby. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1994. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1994. - (Ruby ; 1) ; Parel in de mist. - Vert. van: Pearl in the mist. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1994. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1995. - (Ruby ; 2) ; Alles wat schittert. - Vert. van: All that glitters. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1995. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1995. - (Ruby ; 3) ; Verborgen juweel. - Vert. van: Tarnished gold. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1996. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1996. - (Ruby ; 4) ; Gouden web. - Vert. van: Hidden jewel. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1995. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1996. - (Ruby ; 5)

Contains:--Het Geheim (Dawn)--Mysteries van de morgen (Secrets of the Morning)--Het kind van de schemering (Twilight's child)--Gefluister in de nacht (Midnight whispers)--Zwart is de nacht (Darkest hour)Contains:Bevat: Het geheim. - Vert. van: Dawn ; Mysteries van de morgen. - Vert. van: Secrets of the morning ; Het kind van de schemering. - Vert. van: Twilight's child ; Gefluister in de nacht. - Vert. van: Midnight whispers ; Zwart is de nacht. - Vert. van: Darkest hour. - Oorspr. Engelse uitg.: New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1990-1993. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1991-1994.

Bundeling van de vijfdelige serie over vier kinderen die vanwege een erfeniskwestie opgesloten worden op zolder.