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On a warm June evening, a red double-decker bus full of passengers speeds down a London street. A few blocks away, a man and a woman climb into a limousine, reveling in a magical evening of dancing and champagne. As their driver pulls into an intersection, the couple shares their first, searching kiss. For a moment etched in time, all stands still - until, in a flash of metal and glass, their limousine is struck at full speed, crushed under the bus's tremendous weight. And a long journey begins....

As a journalist Paxton Andrews would experience Vietnam firsthand. We follow her from high school in Savannah to college in Berkeley and then to work in Saigon. For the soldiers she knew and met there, Vietnam would change their lives in ways they could never have imagined. For the men in her life, Vietnam would change their lives in ways they could not escape or deny.

What happens to people when every aspect of their lives and well-being is threatened? In Lightning, Danielle Steel tells the story of a family thrust into uncertainty and explores whether the bonds of love and marriage can withstand life's most unexpected bolts of lightning.

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. he 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.

As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything. Power, position, a career, and a family, which mean everything to him, and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation. Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia silently, steps out of her life and walks away.

Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around him when Sarah, his wife of 18 years, returns to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is left on his own, with three children and a freedom he never wanted and doesn't completely understand. His family's needs and demands suddenly consume his life. When Oliver's mother is diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed, as well. Braver than his son with less of a future before him, George Watson, at 72, quickly embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new life.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen - not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen - not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart.

Cresciuta fra i privilegi nella dimora di famiglia, in un idillico Hampshire, la bionda e bellissima Alexandra Wickham sembra destinata a una vita di agi. Ma nel 1939 l'Europa va a fuoco e anche la Gran Bretagna entra in guerra. Alexandra si trasferisce a Londra per offrirsi come ausiliaria, ma la sua conoscenza delle lingue la rende perfetta per servire la patria in altro modo. Arruolata dal mitico SOE, Special Operations Executive, impara l'arte dello spionaggio.

En 1939 Liane y Nick se conocen durante un viaje a Francia en el transatlántico Normandie. Ella está acompañada de su marido, un diplomático francés; él, un magnate del acero, viaja con su bella y caprichosa esposa. La fulminante atracción mutua que sienten no impide, sin embargo, que prevalezcan sus convicciones morales y la rectitud de su comportamiento. Su segundo encuentro se produce también en un barco, pero en circunstancias muy distintas: ambos escapan de una Europa devastada por el nazismo, y esta vez se encuentran solos....

À la vie, à la mort... La vie d'Audrey Parker change à jamais quand son frère est tué lors de l'attaque de Pearl Harbor. Fraîchement sorties de l'école d'infirmière, la jeune femme et son amie Lizzie s'engagent dans l'armée américaine pour contribuer à l'effort de guerre. Elles y font la connaissance d'Alex, fille d'un grand banquier new-yorkais, et de Louise, qui se bat depuis toujours contre les préjugés raciaux. Bientôt envoyées en Angleterre, où elles rapatrient par avion les soldats alliés blessés sur le front, ces héroïnes de l'ombre risquent leur vie à chaque mission.

At 18, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path. By 1939, Europe is on fire and England is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire, Alex makes her way to London as a volunteer in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But she has skills that draw the attention of another branch of the service.

Oona Kelly Webster is an editor at a prestigious New York publishing house. Married with two children, her twenty-five-year relationship falls apart when she books a silver wedding anniversary getaway at a luxurious château in France and her husband Charles suddenly drops a bombshell which will shatter her carefully built world. Although devastated, Oona decides to travel to France without Charles, but soon after her arrival in the charming village of Milly-la-Forêt, the world comes to a standstill due to a terrifying pandemic and all travel is forbidden.

Chaque famille a ses secrets et ses blessures... Les Whittier ne font pas exception à la règle. Comme chaque hiver, Preston et Constance Whittier quittent New York pour un séjour en amoureux dans les Alpes. Mais cette année, l'escapade romantique tourne au drame... Dévastés par le chagrin, leurs six grands enfants se retrouvent dans la maison où ils ont grandi, en quête de réconfort. Confrontés au devenir de cette demeure splendide qui renferme leurs souvenirs, ils doivent également faire face à leurs problèmes d'adultes.

Born to a French mother and American father, graceful Dahlia de Beaumont has been sole owner and CEO of the venerable family perfume business based in Paris since her early twenties, following the death of her parents. For twenty-five years, after losing her young skier husband in an avalanche, her life has centered on running Lambert Perfumes and being a devoted single mother to her four now-adult children: indecisive Charles, volatile Alexa, kind-hearted business visionary Delphine, and dreamy artist Emma.

Caberá a jovem mulher se colocar diante das trapaças da madrasta para impedir que o legado de sua família – e seu futuro – sejam destruídos. A tarefa parece impossível, mas com a ajuda de uma "fada madrinha" nada convencional, um jovem vizinho que pode ser um verdadeiro príncipe encantado e um grandioso baile, a nossa Cinderela pode mostrar que tem a verdadeira mágica em suas mãos.

Faith Ferguson is one of New York's most sought after wedding planners. Realizing dreams and making magic happen are part of why Faith loves her job. But weddings are not always champagne and roses, and this particular year sees challenges both professionally and personally that even she questions. The Alberts' show-stopper event for hundreds on an estate in the Hamptons with orchid swans, a firework extravaganza and added family strife does not come without its problems.

Savoir les aimer, jusqu'au bout de leurs rêves... Avocate à New York, Kate Morgan ne pourrait être plus fière de ses trois enfants, qui excellent tous dans ce qu'ils font. Des parcours qui forcent d'autant plus l'admiration que Kate les a élevés seule après la mort de son mari, leur imposant parfois des choix très éloignés de leurs aspirations. Mais le temps d'un été mouvementé à Manhattan, le petit monde bien ordonné de Kate va voler en éclats. Ceux qu'elle croyait connaître se montrent sous un tout autre jour : séparation, enfant illégitime, révélation fracassante.

Bill dirige l'unité de traumatologie des urgences de l'Hôpital général de San Francisco et consacre sa vie à son travail depuis sa séparation. Étoile montante de son hôpital universitaire, Stephanie ne compte pas ses heures de travail, aux dépens de sa famille. Wendy, brillant médecin, est piégée dans une relation sans avenir avec un chirurgien marié. Quant à Tom, sa popularité auprès des femmes n'a d'égal que ses succès au bloc opératoire.

Spencer Brooke grew up knowing that one day she would own and run Brooke's, one of New York's most respected department stores, established by her late grandfather. But the path to success hasn't been easy. Shocked after finding herself pregnant with twins, but knowing in her heart she could be a wife and mother as well as a CEO, pressure from her husband to sell Brooke's led to the breakdown of their marriage. When entrepreneur Mike Weston offers investment just when the store is going through financial difficulty, Spencer faces a dilemma.