In its ruby-red brilliance lay the mystery of her past--and the passion of her future. LEGACY OF PASSION Vienna, 1900. The enchanted city of waltzes. Where glittering spires rise high above the crystal blue waters of the Danube...where light ...
A saga, first published in 1987, about a young girl whose carefree childhood in Ireland is ended abruptly when her father is killed, and she is sent to live with her aunt in Lancashire, and when she takes up work at the Carslake family home, her life...
Set before and during World War II, this saga moves from the British Isles to India and back again, following the fortunes of Eve and her sister Clare, who dominates those around her. When Eve falls in love with a childhood friend, his love for Clare...
Reared in the repressive world of working-class respectability and false piety, two young women, Ellen Adair and her best friend, Kitty, take different paths as they pursue their shared dreams of living in luxury...
As four women--Nancy, a successful journalist; Mary, a farmer's wife and mother; Barbara, a wealthy adulteress; and Amelia, an alcoholic aristocrat--prepare of a school reunion, they are haunted by the absence of Lois, a fifth old school friend....
When debutante Laura Levison-Gore sees Egyptian Prince Ahmed Hassan Farag while sailing from London to Cairo, she falls in love and enters a world of secrecy and sacrifice, leaving behind her snobbish mother and the search for a suitable husband...
In 1894, Marie Clair lives a the quiet life of a fifteen-year-old girl, until she begins an affair with Andrew Martindale, the second son of an earl, who leaves her without a backward glance, not knowing she is carrying his baby....
After an exotic childhood spent with her army officer father and mother in India, young Amanda Dexter finds it hard to adjust to life in a rainy Lancashire mill town--despite the privileged position her family occupies as mill owners. And her English...
Falling in love with local businessman Gerald Styles, Mary, a gentle and shy librarian, accepts his invitation to accompany him to The Lakes, a luxurious mountain resort in rural England, where unexpected surprises and revelations change her life for...
Mervyn Corwen has always felt particularly drawn to Greece. Orphaned at a young age, he spent every summer of his youth with his uncle Bertram on a beautiful Greek island. Then Mervyn meets and falls in love with Moira, one of his art students and th...
Alex Faversham, growing up in the early years of the twentieth century, dreams of rebellion and longs to break away from her comfortable background. A chance visit from the beautiful black sheep of the family, her Aunt Alicia, who is now married to a...
As PA to successful banker Richard Lorival, Margaret Gates is the envy of her colleagues in the typing-pool. When Richards wife dies in a tragic accident, the relationship between Richard and Margaret is put to the test. But this is the 1950s, and wo...
A birthday to remember - At the beautiful manor-house where she has lived for many years, Charlotte Chayter prepares for her 80th birthday party, an occasion that sees her family and friends gather to celebrate her long and eventful life. I...
Summer, 1914. As the storm clouds gather over Europe, four privileged young women prepare to leave school and embark on adult life. But for Louise, Imogen, Cora and Miranda, the outbreak of war will change everything. Instead of foreign holidays and ...
Windy Ryan had left Hot Springs years ago. In the concrete canyons of New York she learned to cut her losses. Only modestly successful as a model, she’d invested in a new dream. Was Jack Dodge part of it? Jack had stayed. Time had turned the lau...
Erica and her younger sister Nancy live in the village of St Agnes on Rowansdale. Each year the village holds events to celebrate the longest day of summer, and Erica is especially looking forward to the dance. The death of one of the elderly organ...
Brought up by her grandmother in Yorkshire, a woman is unable to forget her Persian childhood, nor can she forget her mysterious dreams of ancient Egypt - until she receives an evil talisman and sets off for Egypt....