New Releases by Belva Plain

" Passions amoureuses et déconvenues : un roman qui vous entraîne dans le tumulte de l''Histoire. " Booklist Un moment d''égarement peut bouleverser une vie. Teresa Francis le sait, elle qui depuis l''âge de quinze ans porte le poids d''un terrible secret. En 1928, au coeur des Caraïbes, l''île de Saint-Félice était encore un paradis terrestre qui abritait un lieu béni : Eleuthera, la plantation fondée par ses ancêtres. Mais il a suffi d''un acte de folie pour que son bonheur soit anéanti. Chassée de son île, marquée par le souvenir de sa faute, Teresa réussit pourtant à refaire brillamment sa vie à New York. Sans jamais oublier sa terre natale. Pour sauver Eleuthera de la faillite, son fils Francis prend le chemin de Saint-Félice. Les temps ont changé : face à lui se dresse Patrick Courzon, un jeune instituteur métis, porteparole des travailleurs noirs de l''île. La révolte gronde et Saint-Félice est bientôt à feu et à sang. Quelle étrange fatalité condamne les êtres chers au coeur de Teresa ? Existe-t-il encore, malgré la splendeur des orages, un espoir de bonheur ?

Der amerikanische Traum wird wahr: Die Familiensaga »Die Arnrings – Wo die Sterne leuchten« der Bestsellerautorin Belva Plain als eBook bei dotbooks. Wer voller Mut an seine Träume glaubt, den kann nichts und niemand aufhalten ... Die amerikanische Ostküste zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Eltern erwarten von ihm, dass er eines Tages in die Fußstapfen des Vaters tritt – aber der junge Adam Arnring hat andere Pläne. Mit wenig Geld, aber Hoffnung im Herzen bricht er auf, um seinen eigenen Weg durchs Leben zu finden. Der Zufall führt ihn in eine aufstrebende texanische Kleinstadt, wo er eine Anstellung im Laden der vermögenden Familie Rothirsch findet. Obwohl sein Fleiß ihn bald unentbehrlich macht, scheinen Adams Gefühle für die junge Emma Rothirsch aussichtlos zu sein – oder ist ihre Liebe stärker als alle Konventionen? Doch im fernen Europa zieht derweil ein Sturm auf, der auch das Leben der Arnrings und ihrer Nachfahren überschatten wird... Dramatisch, fesselnd und bewegend: eine Liebes- und Familiengeschichte, die den Stürmen der Zeit trotzt! Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Die Familiensaga »Die Arnrings – Wo die Sterne leuchten« von Belva Plain. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Que demander de plus à la vie, quand on a comme Margaret Crane un mari affectueux, trois enfants merveilleux, un métier passionnant, et une ravissante maison que tout le monde envie ? Et pourtant... au moment même où Margaret serait en droit de se dire que tous ses espoirs de mère et de femme se réalisent, la famille Crane part à la dérive : Adam rentre de plus en plus tard le soir, néglige ses enfants, devient irritable, et surtout ne manifeste plus aucun désir pour sa femme. Margaret se raccroche désespérément à son petit monde, trouvant toutes sortes d''excuses à son mari, jusqu''au jour où la vérité éclate : depuis deux ans, Adam a une liaison avec Randi, son grand amour de jeunesse dont elle ignorait l''existence. Et il veut divorcer. Comment, après dix-sept ans de vie commune, ne pas se sentir odieusement bafouée ? Comment trouver la force de caractère d''assumer dignement cette trahison, et le courage de reconstruire toute une vie ?

Avec ce rare talent de conteuse qui a fait d''elle une des stars de la littérature féminine mondiale, Belva Plain brosse le portrait d''un homme à la poursuite d''une chimère. Bouleversante histoire de famille, avec son lot de secrets, de trahisons et de tragédies, ce roman est avant tout un merveilleux hymne au pouvoir rédempteur de l''amour. Fils de modestes fermiers, Robb MacDaniel se voit un jour offrir l''extraordinaire opportunité de concrétiser son rêve : suivre des études de droit pour devenir avocat. Tandis que Lily, sa jolie fiancée, l''attend patiemment dans leur ville natale, il s''installe à Jackson, où, après quelques années de travail acharné, il décroche son diplôme, avec les honneurs. Puis il rencontre Ellen, la fille d''un des plus célèbres hommes de loi de la ville et l''épouse et, malgré sa conscience tourmentée, laisse tomber Lily. Pour l''ambitieux Robb, une nouvelle vie commence, aisée, heureuse. Mais il est de ces hommes qui en veulent toujours plus : plus d''argent, plus de reconnaissance. Dans sa quête éperdue de richesse, il fait affaire avec des individus peu recommandables, malgré les mises en garde d''Ellen, qui souffre de voir son vertueux époux renier un à un ses principes afin d''assouvir ses désirs de réussite. Jusqu''au jour où le destin, son meilleur allié, l''abandonne, faisant basculer dans le drame non seulement sa vie mais aussi celle de sa femme et de leur fille...

“Belva Plain is a talented tale-spinner with an almost Dickensian ability to keep her stories going.”—Philadelphia Inquirer Paul Werner watched the proud, daring immigrant Anna marry another man. But his desire for her haunts him...even after he weds the elegant Mimi, a woman of his own class. Now, as Paul wrestles with the dark demons of forbidden passion, his family and business are plunged into a maelstrom of tragedy and social changes. Ahead lie the dark days of the Depression, the rise of pure evil in Europe, and a war that will change the world forever. But for Paul Werner a more personal struggle awaits—a choice of a lifetime and a new beginning, or the most painful of final good-byes. Belva Plain’s Tapestry takes up the threads of lives encountered in her beloved epic, Evergreen, to create an entirely new drama of a family’s loyalties and divisions, its secrets, and its destiny. . . .

A story of family... the Osbornes -- two sisters and a brother -- united by family ties but split apart by different dreams. Lara, the happy young wife, longs for the family that will make her life whole. Connie, wild and lovely, is more like her brother Eddy -- bright, ambitious, and ready to seize all that life has to offer. A story of choices... Connie is looking for wealth -- to make or to marry. Lara, staying behind in a small Ohio town, finds everything she cherishes threatened by fate and by her own blind commitment. And Eddy, as Wall Street''s "wonder boy," can make millions... if he ruthlessly uses his family and friends. A story of marriages... Lara''s held together by devotion, Connie''s shattered by infidelity and betrayal, and Eddy''s rocked by shame and prison. Torn by conflicting loyalties, they are a family caught in the tides of scandal... and swept toward a fate where dreams may end or be born again...

Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But in the Ferguson''s closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world-and her children-at any cost... Not even the Fergusons''s best friends, Josie and Bruce Lehman, know of Lynn''s shame. Social worker Josie sees her bruises distrusts the too-ambitious, too perfect Robert, and suspects the real cause of the children''s increasingly disturbed behavior. But not even Josie can pierce Lynn''s wall of silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn is forced to face herself-and the truth-at last. Belva Plain''s searing novel of a family''s heartbreak, a woman''s courage, and a subject too often talked about only in whispers.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The triumphant saga that began in Evergreen continues A woman of hidden desires, Hennie De Rivera has none of the wealth enjoyed by her relatives, the Werner banking dynasty. But tall, shy Hennie has grand dreams, especially of daring activist Dan Roth, who invites controversy by fighting for New York''s poorest immigrants. Breaking society''s rules might have devastating consequences for this passionate woman—and for her nephew Paul Werner, who weds his debutante fiancée while still yearning for his mother''s beautiful maid, Anna Friedman. And amid heartbreaking discoveries and the gathering clouds of World War I, the stirring family saga begun in Evergreen continues with an unforgettable tale of forbidden passions, intimate secrets, and sweeping social change. . . .

"With the rich threads of Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry, skillful storyteller [Belva] Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners."—Publishers Weekly Only one man knew the secret Anna Friedman vowed to carry to her grave. Only he could undo her perfect life, and he had kept his silence—and his distance—for years. Yet as she watched her daughter Iris marry and have her own family, Anna saw the slow corrosion of a lifetime of secrets seep into a new generation. Iris’s “ideal” marriage was built on silence and lies . . . their rebellious son found his calling in anti–Vietnam War violence, fueled by rage. Anna’s was the only voice that spoke to them all as she struggled to undo the damage of the past. Then powerful banker Paul Werner returned, opening old wounds, driven to help Anna and the family he barely knew. From New York’s luxurious suburbs to war-torn Israel, from Italian palazzi to California communes, Belva Plain’s sweeping epic begun in Evergreen reaches its triumphant conclusion. Don’t miss Belva Plain’s other magnificent novels that feature the indomitable Werner family: Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry.

Alarmés par l''étrange comportement de leur fille Tina - âgée de cinq ans -, Dan et Sally Grey décident de consulter le docteur Lisle, spécialiste des problèmes psychologiques de l''enfant. Son diagnostic est formel : Tina est victime de sévices sexuels... Incrédules, Sally et Dan voient un second médecin qui émet un avis différent. Le traitement prescrit reste sans effet et, peu à peu, Tina sombre dans un profond mutisme. Soudain, alors que les Grey cherchent désespérément un remède au mal de leur enfant, la vérité éclate, terrible, sordide. Non seulement le docteur Lisle avait raison, mais le coupable serait un membre de la famille...

La vie d''Anna est l''incarnation du rêve américain. Orpheline, séparée de ses deux frères et promise à un homme qu''elle n''aime pas, la jeune fille quitte sa Pologne natale à seize ans. C''est à New York qu''elle parvient à dépasser sa condition d''immigrée aux côtés de Joseph, son mari. Tout lui semble aujourd''hui possible ! Pourtant le destin de cette femme ambitieuse est parsemé de douloureux souvenirs. Comment oublier Paul Werner, le fils de ses premiers patrons ? Le poids d''une passion secrète est lourd, mais Anna, forte tête, est prête à tous les sacrifices...

In Legacy of Silence, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain creates an unforgettable story of a remarkable family—and a deception that reaches across continents, oceans, and generations. Caroline Hartzinger flees wartime Europe with a shattered life and a devastating secret. Pregnant and unwed, she arrives in America in 1939. Joel Hirsch offers marriage and respectability, hoping one day to earn her love, if not the passion she feels for a man whose memory still haunts them both. With Joel, Caroline builds a new life, determined to bury the past—until her daughter Eve brings Caroline’s carefully crafted world crashing down again, driven by a rage to learn the truth. Now it is Eve’s secret, a legacy that taints her life and puts generations at risk. But with it comes a gift—a new sister, young enough to be her own daughter, who offers hope, then a truth that will finally break the hold of the past.

With her three children, beautiful home, and loving husband, Margaret Crane is a woman others would envy. Adam''s job has cushioned them nicely over the years, and it should be a time of contentment, rewards, of new challenges together. But lately Adam has been working too late, too hard, at the office. Margaret is sure it''s just the rumored takeover of his company--until she meets Randi, The Other Woman... Meanwhile, Nina, the orphaned cousin the Cranes raised as their own daughter, is reveling in New York. She thinks she''s found Mr. Right in Keith, a brilliant investment banker. But Keith has a secret he has not shared with Nina. All he asks for is time...and patience. And as Nina clings to stolen weekends with Keith, Margaret plays dutiful wife, trying to ignore warning signs of her own failing marriage. A rift has developed between the two women who have loved each other as mother, daughter, friends. Keith is not welcome in Margaret''s home. And Nina herself is the other woman...

The doctor''s office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor''s words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield''s beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter''s death and the shock of having a son they have never met. Grieving, yet compelled, they begin a search that will tear two families apart. Laura and "Bud" Rice share an elegant home and two children, brilliant, handsome Tom, and cherished, chronically ill eleven-year-old Timmy. But after nineteen years of marriage, Laura''s respectable husband is a stranger—and the reason for Tom''s escalating involvement with a group of campus bigots. Suddenly the Crawfields enter their lives and shatter their fragile world. As the Rices'' quiet Southern town explodes with hate and violence, the two familes must embrace—or be destroyed by—the shattering truth.

Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. For three decades her deeply moving epics have captivated the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere. Now, in her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us this unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness. Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful academic career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. But as the mother of three adult children, each with their own lives and burdens to bear, she often finds those sensibilities called into question when confronted with the choices her children have made. For one of Iris’s daughters, it’s the choice of a fresh start in New York City—and a last chance to save her troubled marriage. While Laura and Robbie cope with an impending separation and its effect on Iris’s young granddaughter, Iris herself must come to grips with the discovery of a long-held family secret. But it’s an emotional parting of another kind that looms most prominently on Iris’s horizon—as neither her beloved husband, nor the solidity of her own marriage, is immune to the ravages of time. Through separations and reunions, the changes we cannot avoid and the love that sustains, Iris will weather whatever lies ahead with a faith that cannot be shaken. Like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, she will be as strong as heartwood.

Teresa Francis could never go home again to the lush Caribbean island of her birth. Even at fifteen, as she fled to Paris to avoid scandal, Teresa knew that the island was her past, never to be spoken of again. Her future lay in New York, in a hasty marriage to a charming, wealthy man who would give her children yet never piece her wall of reserve. But the island was in the Francis blood. And nothing could keep Teresa’s son from its shores, so mysterious, so seductive, its extravagant beauty veiling the darkness within. Here he would walk in his mother’s steps, in a parallel life, so close to the secrets she buried years before. And here he would find his destiny in the passions of history, political upheaval, and forbidden love. . . .

Cassie Wright never saw it coming. As the owner of thriving Wright Glassworks, Cassie’s life was quiet, well-ordered . . . until a tragic accident forces her to take in a one-year-old child who has no one else to care for her. As the years pass, Cassie will raise young Gwen as her own, and the girl will flourish in a world of privilege and opportunity. Enter Jewel Fairbanks. Beautiful and conniving, Jewel will touch the lives of both Cassie and Gwen in powerful ways. Both Gwen and Jewel will marry; Gwen will fall for honest, hardworking Stan. And Jewel will marry Jeff, a businessman who owns the company where Stan works. But when Stan makes a shocking discovery on the job, a tangled drama of greed, jealousy, and betrayal will encircle both couples, changing four lives forever—in ways they never could have foreseen.

Pour l''amour de Gerald, étudiant en médecine désargenté mais promis à un bel avenir, Hyacinthe n''a pas hésité à braver l''autorité de sa mère. Malgré sa jeunesse et son manque d''expérience, elle était sûre de lui et de ses propres sentiments. Pour mieux se consacrer à son mari et à leurs deux enfants, elle a même sacrifié sa carrière artistique, ne peignant plus que lors de ses rares moments de loisir. Jusqu''au jour où son couple, qu''elle croyait indestructible, se brise. Quand la preuve de l''infidélité de Gerald - un homme trop ambitieux et trop amateur de femmes - éclate, Hyacinthe, en proie à la douleur autant qu''à la fureur, commet l''irréparable. Un acte qui va bouleverser son existence et que son mari va utiliser pour se livrer au plus cruel chantage qu''on puisse imposer à une mère... " [Un] portrait émouvant d''une femme dans la tourmente, au cœur d''une bouleversante histoire de famille. " Femmes d''Aujourd''hui

Decades after her father kidnapped her from his ex-wife''s home to save her from an unstable environment, a young woman struggles to come to terms with her father''s criminal action and the deception that forms the foundation of her entire life.

New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness. They met at school and have been inseparable ever since: Cecile, confident, elegant daughter of privilege; Norma, extraordinarily gifted and sadly troubled; and beautiful, ambitious Amanda, determined to rise above her humble southern beginnings. Two are married. One despairs of ever finding love. Three women. Leading their busy adult lives. Yet first and always: friends. Then something unexpected happens that forever alters their long, complicated friendship. A pivotal event, a shattering act of betrayal shifts the balance of power between husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers. And in the months that follow, each of them will look at their families, their lives--and one another--differently. And none of them will ever be the same.

Robb Daniels, an idealistic schoolteacher, heads off to law school, leaving his hometown girl behind and embarking on a less-than-noble grab for power that will eventually destroy two families. Reprint.

Avec Le Secret magnifique, Belva Plain signe une nouvelle et passionnante saga romanesque : de l''Europe en guerre à l''Amérique d''aujourd''hui, l''histoire de deux sœurs, aussi différentes que le jour et la nuit, inséparablement liées par un destin marqué du sceau des passions et de la trahison. Berlin, 1939. Caroline et Walter sont jeunes, séduisants, et ils se sont aimés au premier regard. Hélas, le chaos qui s''abat sur l''Allemagne va bientôt sonner le glas de cet amour naissant. Car la maman de Caroline est juive, et la famille doit s''enfuir. Mais seules Caroline et Lore, sa sœur adoptive, de dix ans son aînée, parviennent à gagner la Suisse, tandis que leurs parents disparaissent dans la tourmente. Walter a promis de les rejoindre, afin d''épouser Caroline dès qu''ils seront tous en sécurité aux Etats-Unis. En fait, elle ne le reverra jamais. Par Lore, la jeune fille apprend que son amant a adhéré au parti nazi. Et, sur le bateau qui l''emmène en Amérique, elle découvre qu''elle est enceinte. Sur les décombres de cette jeunesse perdue, Caroline va devoir bâtir une nouvelle existence, la disgracieuse et solitaire Lore dans son ombre. Malgré un mariage harmonieux, malgré la naissance de deux filles, Eve et Jane, elle n''oubliera pourtant jamais Walter, dont le souvenir hantera non seulement sa propre vie, mais aussi celle de ses filles, jusqu''à ce que Jane, obnubilée par l''histoire de sa mère, perce l''incroyable secret de cet amour brisé...