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The great-granddaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance and Emma's Secret, follow in her legendary footsteps.... Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-granddaughter, is trying to integrate into the powerful Harte family. She is caught between her estranged parents, her new family, and new love. Meanwhile a dangerous enemy hovers in the background.

Bill Fitzgerald is an acclaimed American television foreign correspondent. Exhausted after a long stint in Bosnia, he travels to Venice to meet Francis Xavier Peterson, an old friend. Whilst at the bar of the Gritti Palace Hotel on the Grand Canal with Frankie, Bill is struck by the dark beauty of a young woman seated alone. Vanessa Stewart is a glass designer from New York who is visiting the glass-blowing works in Murano. The three expatriates meet and decide to celebrate Thanksgiving together. And that evening, full of warmth and camaraderie, begins an illicit though fateful love affair.

Linnet O’Neill, great-granddaughter of Emma Harte, finds herself following in the footsteps of the original woman of substance as she battles to save the family business. She and Emma’s other great-granddaughters are tested to the limit as the final chapter in the extraordinary story of the Harte family draws to a dramatic close....

In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant. By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world - ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to the glittering cities of America and the rugged vastness of Australia. A Woman of Substance is as impossible to put down as it is to forget. This multi-million copy bestseller is truly a novel of our times.

Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma Harte and the guardian of her vast business empire, believes that everything Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface, sibling rivalry and discontent flare. Linnet and Tessa, her daughters, are as different as two women can be. One of them wants desperately for the empire to be hers but has a devastating secret that may put her very life in danger.

It's the summer of 1949, and things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall for years, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets between the two families. But since the end of World War II, changes have arrived at Cavendon. A new generation is at the helm and also at the forefront of new scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, and possible murder threatening to tear them apart, the Inghams and Swanns will have to find a way to come together and protect each other in the face of threats they never could have predicted.

The secrets of an aristocratic dynasty are about to be revealed.... London, 1949. The New Look is in, Princess Elizabeth's wedding has raised morale and the capital is filled with a new energy. The Earl of Mowbray's niece, Alicia Stanton, is making her mark in the glamorous film world. Alongside her, Victoria Brown, a wartime evacuee, is starting out as a fashion photographer. Life is full of opportunity. But at Cavendon Hall, the stately home where they both grew up, the Second World War has exacted a terrible price....

Elizabeth Deravenel Turner har arvet sine forfædres rødgyldne hår og smukke lyse teint. Og det er ikke bare farverne, hun har arvet. Den intelligente og karismatiske kvinde er også dristig, fuld af vovemod og rasende ambitiøs, og hun behandler sine modstandere lige så nådeløst, som hendes far gjorde. I en alder af femogtyve år opnår hun sine drømmes mål, da hun arver familiens firma, Deravenels. Firmaet er mere end otte hundrede år gammelt og en bastion for gammeldags mænd, der ikke vil ledes af kvinder.

Den elegante og smukke kunsthandler Annette Remmington opnår stor anerkendelse, da hun får til opgave at sælge en meget sjælden Rembrandt, som hun har restaureret. Begivenheden bliver kendt som "årets auktion" i kunstverdenen, og Annette er med ét den mest omtalte kunsthandler i verden. Annettes mentor og mand, den tyve år ældre Marius Remmington, er yderst tilfreds med sin kones succes og overtaler hende til at give et interview til en stor avis. Men efterhånden som journalisten graver ned i ægteparrets fortid, dukker der historier frem, som vil udløse en kæmpe skandale, hvis de bliver afsløret.

Ravenscar - et gods, en legende og et dynasti. Verdenskrig er slut, og alt ser lovende ud for Edward, det karismatiske overhoved for familien Deravenel. Hans kone og børn er i sikkerhed på familiens hovedsæde - Ravenscar, og hans forretningsimperium blomstrer. Men under overfladen lurer ufreden. Elizabeth, Edwards smukke kone, er jaloux på hans elskerinde, og de ondsindede rygter, Elizabeth spreder, begynder at skade familien. Endnu værre står det til med Edwards bror, George.

Da den succesfulde filminstruktør Justine Nolan vender hjem til sit smukke barndomshjem kommer hun ved en fejltagelse til at åbne et af sin mors breve. Brevet viser sig at være en bombe under familieidyllen for det afslører, at Justines elskede mormor ikke er død i en flyulykke, som Justine og hendes bror ellers har fået fortalt. Det bliver begyndelsen på en intens jagt efter sandheden. For hvor har mormoren været i alle de år? Og hvorfor har Justines mor løjet for familien?

Trediveårige Serena Stone er en talentfuld krigsfotograf, der har fulgt i sin berømte fars fodspor. Men da han uventet dør, forlader hun krigszonen for at tage sit liv op til overvejelse. I søgen efter sandheden om sin far, sin familie og sit eget liv begynder Serena en desperat jagt for at afsløre en årtier gammel sag. Hun flytter fra sine forældres hjem i bjergene over Nice til det romantiske Venedig og strejfer de uroplagede Libyske gader.

Juli 1926. Jarlen af Cavendon har kaldt Ingham og Swann-familierne sammen på Cavendon Hall. Glæder og sorger åbenbarer sig, og en gammel fjende træder ud af fortidens skygge og sætter den ellers så trofaste tjenestestabs loyalitet på en uventet hård prøve. Første Verdenskrig har bragt godset på randen af ruin, og nu afhænger fremtiden af Cavendon Halls unge døtre. Vil det lykkes de fire meget forskellige kvinder at bringe godset på fode igen og ind i et nyt årti?

Charles Ingham - den 6. jarl af Mowbrays - fire døtre er alle yndefulde piger, men 17-årige Daphne er den smukkeste engelske rose af dem alle. Hendes skønne ydre skal sikre Ingham-familiens forsatte position i det engelske aristokrati. Men en sønderknusende begivenhed ryster Ingham-familien og hele godset Cavendon Hall og vender med et trylleslag op og ned på Daphnes strålende fremtidsudsigter.

Just Rewards is the dramatic conclusion of the extraordinary tale of Emma Harte's great granddaughters. In this sweeping novel, the Harte women find themselves in the midst of weddings and intrigue. Linnet O'Neill, great-granddaughter of Emma Harte, finds herself following in the footsteps of the original woman-of-substance as she battles to modernize the family business. Returning from her honeymoon full of fresh ideas for bringing the Harte empire into the new century, Linnet locks horns with her mother, Paula, in a battle about the future.

Evan, Tessa, Linnet, and India: four remarkable women. Three generations of Hartes. One indomitable family whose loyalty binds them together and whose enemies want to tear them apart. Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-granddaughter, is trying to integrate into the powerful Harte family. She is caught between her estranged parents, her new family, and her new love. But a dangerous enemy hovers in the background. Tessa Longden, Evan's cousin, is battling her husband for custody of their daughter, Adele. When Adele suddenly goes missing, Tessa is forced to seek help from her half-sister Linnet.

At 30, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, following in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, she has left her job at the renowned photo news agency that he founded, weary of years of dodging bullets and exploding landmines. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father.

Barbara Taylor Bradford delivers an evocative new novel of family secrets and betrayals that stretch from the streets of World War II Berlin to the winding alleys of Istanbul to the present day. Justine Nolan is a documentary film maker who lost her beloved grandmother a decade ago. Her own mother, Deborah, had always been distant and uninvolved. But when Justine inadvertently opens a letter addressed to her mother, she discovers that not only is her grandmother alive, but that Deborah has deliberately estranged the family from her for all these years.

Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the initial M as her name, and reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the catwalks of Paris, where she becomes the muse and star model to France's iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont.

Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the initial M as her name, and reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the catwalks of Paris, where she becomes the muse and star model to France's iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont. When M meets the charming and handsome actor, Larry Vaughan in New York they fall instantly in love and marry. Soon, they become the most desired couple on the international scene, appearing on the cover of every celebrity magazine, adored by millions.