Dans l'Angleterre du XIe siècle, après la défaite du roi Harold, Guillaume le Conquérant et ses soldats normands avancent, pillent, violent. Les villages brûlent, le ciel s'embrase... Wulfar, ami et lieutenant de Guillaume, pénètre dans le manoir de Darkenwald. Le seigneur du lieu a péri au combat, et c'est sa fille qui fait face à Wulfar. Noble, délicate, belle, Aislinn devient donc servante. A la merci des désirs du vainqueur... Maître et esclave, Wulfar et Aislinn vont se chercher et se découvrir. Elle, meurtrie dans sa fierté ; lui, bâtard rejeté par les siens, dédaigneux des femmes...
Maxim Proud and passionate, the Marquess of Bradbury swore vengeance on those who had stolen his title and lands. . .and branded him a traitor to the Crown. Elise Beautiful and spirited, she found herself the innocent prisoner of the marquess, her family's most hated foe. So Worthy My Love They were bitter enemies caught in a dangerous tide that swept through Elizabeth's England—And thus began a battle of wit and will between two people so perfectly matched that they could only fall in love.
Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel's new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy--and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof. Candy-it's the only name she needs--is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion's latest international supermodel. . . . Her sister Tammy has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV, and a home she loves in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills. . . . In New York, oldest sister Sabrina is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie is an American artist in Florence, living for her art. . . . On one Fourth of July weekend, as they do every year, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family's annual gathering. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed. Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives--on opposite sides of the world--reunite to share one New York brownstone, to support each other and their father, and to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. Thus begins an unscripted chapter of their lives, as a bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men . . . and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. As the year passes and another July Fourth approaches, a season of grief and change gives way to new beginnings--as a family comes together to share its blessings and a future filled with surprises and, ultimately, hope. With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of four sisters who love and laugh, struggle and triumph . . . and are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each other's lives. Brilliantly blending humor and heartbreak, she delivers a powerful message about the fragility--and the wonder--of life.
Canicule à New York. La nuit tombe et c'est la panne ! Plus une lumière. Une occasion rêvée pour les malfaiteurs en tout genre de passer à l'action... Tentative d'effraction chez Regan Reilly, cambriolage dans une galerie d'art, disparition d'une jeune femme pour le moins déséquilibrée... Un suspense accrocheur et plein d'humour où Carol Higgins Clark nous entraîne aux quatre coins de la mégalopole plongée dans l'obscurité totale du grand black-out de 2003. [4e de couv.]
"I VERMI SI STANNO VENDICANDO SUL SERIO, STAVOLTA" E poi non ebbe più tempo per pensare, perché il mostruoso verme lo stringeva sempre più forte, lasciandolo senza respiro. Stritolandolo. Trascinandolo con sé giù nel fango, nel buco cavernoso da cui era uscito.
Dom Corvaisis, Ginger Weiss, Ernie Block ed altri: non si conoscono e vivono lontani gli uni dagli altri, ma li accomuna una paura cieca e misteriosa che trasformai loro giorni e notti in incubi. C'è un ricordo confuso di una violenza subita, di un'immagine luminosa e indecifrabile. Qualcuno però è disposto a uccidere per evitare che la loro memoria diventi più precisa. Ma non serve. Il ricordo riaffiora: tutti hanno soggiornato al Tranquility Motel di Ernie. Quale segreto si nasconde nel deserto del Nevada? Perché nessuno deve sapere?
