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Rien de plus fort que l'amour d'une mère. Kate Madison est à la tête d'une boutique de vêtements florissante à SoHo, en plein cœur de New York. Veuve, elle a élevé seule ses quatre enfants et les voit désormais faire leurs propres choix, parfois à son plus grand désarroi. L'aînée, Isabelle, brillante avocate, succombe au charme d'un de ses clients, impliqué dans une affaire criminelle. Julie, elle, croit avoir rencontré l'homme idéal, qu'elle épouse et suit à Los Angeles après avoir tout abandonné derrière elle.

As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate blond beauty Amanda Delanoe finds joy in running a chic contemporary art gallery in the City of Light. The only child of a French businessman and an American model, both now deceased, Amanda lives well and adores her dog, Lulu, but so far the love of her life has eluded her.

Recently widowed Halley Holbrook has spent decades building a career as a bestselling novelist. The victim of an extremely traumatic childhood, something she revealed only to her beloved husband, and the memories of which she has since tried to bury. Halley is now in her fifties and the mother of twin daughters who, while extremely close to her, are both ready to lead their own lives.

Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires with her two beloved dogs. But behind this peaceful exterior is a dark, painful past. As a child raised by an emotionally distant father, Sabrina rarely felt love. And as an adult, her marriage twisted into an abusive relationship from which she had to escape.

Connie and Preston Whittier raised their six children in a once-grand mansion in Manhattan. Even though the children are now adults, the house remains the heart of the family and somewhere they all love to return, particularly in times of stress. But when Connie and Preston's skiing trip in Europe ends in tragedy, the future of the family and their home is called into question.

Sydney Wells’ perfect, golden life vanishes when her devoted husband dies suddenly in an accident. Widowed at 49, she discovers that he has failed to include her in his will. Sydney is removed from the beautiful house that has been her home for 16 years. Despite warnings from her own daughters, Sydney returns to the world of fashion she’d enjoyed as a talented young designer. Her girls only want the best for their mother, but they are concerned she’s back in a world she is no longer familiar with.

In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half-French, half-German, she is happy to be back in France, where she her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie and a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor.

Dans une banque new-yorkaise, un coffre abandonné. À l'intérieur : des lettres, des photos d'un couple glamour des années 1950 et des bijoux d'une valeur extraordinaire. Mais qui était donc leur propriétaire, Marguerite Wallace Pearson di San Pignelli ? Jane Willoughby, stagiaire au tribunal, contacte Phillip Lawton, employé chez Christie's. Alors qu'ils tentent de rassembler des informations sur la mystérieuse Marguerite, ils se passionnent pour son incroyable destin, de New York à Paris, puis de Rome jusqu'à Naples.

Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. A stunning beauty at sixty-two, her star is as bright as ever. Widowed at a young age by a philandering husband, Ardith is in no hurry to marry again. Her daughter, Morgan, a successful cosmetic surgeon, has always blamed her mother for a lonely childhood while Ardith was away on location, and the relationship remains strained despite Ardith's efforts to strengthen their bond.

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.

April, 1945. As the Americans storm the Buchenwald concentration camp, among the survivors are Jakob and Emmanuelle, barely more than teenagers. Each of them has lost everything and everyone in the unspeakable horrors of the war. But when they meet, they find hope and comfort in each other. They marry and build a happy, prosperous life for themselves and their new family, but their pasts cast a long shadow over the present....

I sommeren 1915 forelsker den unge, tyske kvinde Beata sig hovedkulds i en fransk officer. Hun ved, at hendes forældre aldrig vil acceptere deres kærlighed, men hun kan ikke gøre andet end at følge sit hjerte og tage konsekvenserne. Da anden verdenskrig bryder ud, bliver hele familien tvunget fra hinanden. I klostret bærer Amadea på en tung hemmelighed om sin familie, og da nonnerne afslører den, bliver hun forvist fra klostret og overladt til sin skæbne.

Theodora Morgan is fashion royalty. Founder of a wildly popular online shopping service, she is one of the most successful businesswomen in the world, although she prefers to keep a low profile, especially in recent months. It was a year ago when the unthinkable struck her family: her husband, industry mogul Matthieu Pasquier, and their son were kidnapped and held for ransom—a nightmare that ended in tragedy. The case has gone cold, despite evidence linking the crime to Matthieu’s Russian competitors. Theo has reluctantly gone back to work running her company.

Tvillingerne, Peter og Michael McDowell, er meget forskellige og bliver allerede som børn bitre fjender. Som voksen forlader Peter den fredfulde by, de er vokset op i, og bliver en succesfuld investeringsrådgiver, mens Michael bliver en respekteret laege, en hengiven familiefar og er byens hjørnesten. Da børsmarkedet krakker tyve år senere, bliver Peter arbejdsløs, og han har ikke andet valg en at vende tilbage til sin barndomsby, og flytte ind i det lille hus ved søen, som han har arvet efter sine foraeldre. Først er brødrenes genforening øm og oprigtig, men da Peter en dag grubler over sin mors journaler, opdager han en hemmelighed og panikken vaelder op i ham, da erkendelsen saetter ind. Hvem er hans bror? Er hans facade aegte eller ligger der noget forfaerdeligt bag? Hans opdagelse vil aendre både brødrene og deres familiers liv for altid.

Camille Lammenais vokser op i det smukke Napa Valley på sine forældres, Joy og Christophes, vingård. De giver deres store kærlighed til familieprojektet videre til datteren, men da Camille har afsluttet college og vender hjem for at arbejde på vingården, rammer tragedien: Joy dør af brystkræft. Seks måneder efter han har mistet sin elskede kone, bliver den sørgende Christophe forelsket i den mystiske og charmerende franske grevinde de Pantin. Men Camille ser igennem grevindens charme, og med hjælp fra gode venner tager hun kampen op for at bevare sin familiearv.

Den smukke, succesfulde advokat Sarah, bor i en lille, faldefærdig lejlighed med sin kæreste Phil. Hverken forholdet til ham eller hendes fremtidsudsigter tegner lovende. Men da en af Sarahs klienter dør og efterlader hende sit imponerende hus og store formue, ændres hendes liv for altid. Huset viser sig hurtigt at have større værdi for Sarah, end hun kunne have forestillet sig, og hun sætter alt ind på at få det tilbage i sin oprindelige stand.

Veronique Vincent is a star. At age twenty-two, she is one of the most sought-after models in fashion, gracing the covers of magazines and walking the runways of haute couture shows across the globe. Yet, despite being the consummate professional, Veronique wants little of the glamorous life that modeling affords her. The beloved daughter of a hardworking single mother, she has always preferred spending time at home or with her kindhearted boyfriend to attending lavish parties.

Il était une fois dans la vallée de Napa... Camille Lammenais a grandi en toute quiétude en Californie, au coeur du domaine viticole familial. Ses parents, Joy et Christophe, y ont bâti un château dont les vins n'ont rien à envier au Bordelais natal de ce dernier. Après de brillantes études à Stanford, la jeune fille revient au bercail pour aider les siens, son rêve de toujours. Mais lorsque sa mère, gravement malade, décède, le conte de fées prend fin.

Da den opofrende hustru Paris bliver forladt af sin mand, står hun tilbage med en dyb smerte og en tom fornemmelse indeni. I den bedste mening forsøger hendes venner at muntre hende op, ved at føre hende sammen med andre mænd. Først da hun tager en stor, omvæltende beslutning, begynder hendes livsglæde at vende tilbage.

Scandale et tragédies dans les coulisses d'un palace parisien. Après quatre ans de rénovations, le Louis XVI s'apprête à rouvrir ses portes. Le nouveau manager et son adjointe sont bien décidés à accueillir avec l'élégance requise les habitués, et ceux qui découvrent le palace parisien. Hélas, rien ne se passe comme prévu : voilà qu'un crime affreux est perpétré dans la suite d'un politicien en vue et qu'un terrible problème de santé menace de briser les rêves d'un jeune couple.