Danielle Steel

Fate takes away an executive's wife, then tries to take his daughter.

Ophelie is a grieving young widow, Matt is a heartbroken artist. Both feel as though they have lost everything until they find each other.

"Meagan, Alexandra, Hilary. Sisterse separated for thirty years by family tragedy. When an old family friend hires a detective to reunite them, their lives are jolted once again. For Hilary, an intense TV executive, it's an unwelcome return of painful childhood memories. And as each new piece of the past is revealed, the family history becomes a constantly shifting drama of love lost and found."-container.

Vowing never to love again after a disastrous marriage, renowned TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams encounters famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam -- a widower with three children -- and as their powerful feelings for each other develop, Melanie must choose between her career, Peter, and her family.

Zoya's comfortable world is shattered by the Russian Revolution and the death of her parents. She flees to Paris with her grandmother, struggling to survive her first taste of poverty, and at the same time finding love and heartache.