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 ?

Ein Tanz am Rande des Vulkans: Der mitreißende Liebesroman »Wie Blüten im Sturmwind« der Bestsellerautorin Belva Plain jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Darf man auf sein Herz vertrauen, wenn es um die Zukunft geht? Das 19. Jahrhundert neigt sich seinem Ende zu, als im pulsierenden New York zwei Menschen aufeinandertreffen wie Feuer und Sturm: Henrietta De Rivera, Tochter einer traditionsbewussten Südstaatendynastie, und Daniel Roth, ein Kämpfer für soziale Gerechtigkeit. Sie fühlen sich unwiderstehlich zueinander hingezogen – aber wenn Henrietta sich in einer Zeit, die immer dunkler zu werden scheint, gegen den Willen ihrer Familie auf eine Beziehung mit dem Frauenhelden einlässt, riskiert sie alles ... Von Liebe und Standesgrenzen, von Reichtum und den Ärmsten der Armen, überschattet vom Aufziehen des ersten Weltkriegs: »Belva Plain versteht es wie keine andere, Leserinnen von einer dramatischen Situation in die nächste mitzureißen.« Publishers Weekly Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der ebenso dramatische wie romantische Roman »Wie Blüten im Sturmwind« 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...

"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.

“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. . . .

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...

First came the sin. Then the lies. He was handsome, charming, irresistable, and an eighteen-year-old lady-killer, her uncle Cliff''s stepson, Ted. But in one terrible night he would shatter the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Dawes and nearly destroy her family. Years afterward, Charlotte would remember that night with fear and loathing, with pain that could be banished only by her work as a gifted architect, building a new world for others as she conceals her own. For Charlotte''s family, prime employers in New England mill town, what happened to Charlotte was the beginning of the end. Her father is left shattered by his daughter''s pain. Her troubled mother is unable to cope. And her distinguished family has fallen from grace, plunged into debt. The only rock that sustains them in their darkest hours is a woman whose own guilty secret has given her the power to ruin--or resurrect--the family to whom she owes her life. Belva Plain''s searing novel cuts to the heart of a family ravaged by secrecy. But it is ultimately a story of redemption, the kind that grows when one person dares to tell the truth.

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...

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.

“Well written, fascinating, rich in plot and characters . . . presents [not only an interesting story, but] a portrait of the Jewish community in the 19th-century South.”—Newark Sunday Star-Ledger She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center of the whirlwind in a spellbinding novel of divided loyalties and divided hearts. “Seductive . . . moves along briskly through the kind of territory her avid readers most appreciate.”—Publishers Weekly “As a romance, Crescent City can’t miss!”—The New York Times Book Review

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.

“A grand, sweeping panorama . . . richly written, finely detailed . . . vivid and memorable.”—Daily News (New York) Yearning for a better life, Anna Friedman fled Poland for New York at the turn of the century. Finding work as a maid for the Werner family, Anna discovers an elegance beyond her dreams—and the passion of Paul Werner, a man beyond her reach, even when she is in his arms. But it is Joseph Friedman whom she marries. And through an act of illicit passion that will haunt her though all her days, Anna lifts Joseph from poverty to a wealth on which the Friedman dynasty would be based for generations. Sweeping from Jazz Age New York to Nazi Germany to a sun-baked Israeli kibbutz, Evergreen has become a modern American classic—an epic novel that spans three generations of an unforgettable family—and exposes the heart of an extraordinary woman: her marriage, her children, her deceit. “A magnificent story . . . this beautifully written book will be treasured and reread for many years to come.”—Library Journal

In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain has written a compelling story of family and fortune, beauty and betrayal. With unerring insight and emotional power, she penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naïve young artist and her handsome physician husband. At first everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won''t fight for custody, she can give no answers. For she alone knows, or believes she knows, what really happened on that fateful night. In a novel that is both provocative and heartbreaking, Belva Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories, a novelist of incomparable depth and grace.

New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, Adam Arnring says good-bye to his family and boards a train for the fabled West. The year is 1907. Adam is nineteen years old, a young man with stars in his eyes who has always dreamed of a future in the great open spaces of America. Now, far from his New Jersey home, he takes the first step toward attaining that dream, landing a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town. Here he meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure. The exquisite, untouchable Emma Rothirsch lives in a world whose doors are firmly closed to him. But Adam is a man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a lasting business enterprise that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam’s dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that echo down through the years. The owner of a prospering department store and the head of a growing family, Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. And now, as another generation prepares to take its rightful place in the family’s legendary empire, the tenuous threads of the Arnrings’ past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, The Sight of the Stars tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, The Sight of the Stars is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever.

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

In 1907, a young New Jersey heads West to create his fortune, one that varies according to the vagaries of world politics and his own behaviour.

Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and daughters, lovers and families, acts of love and acts of betrayal, Her Father’s House is Belva Plain’s most powerful and unforgettable novel yet. It is the spring of 1968 when Donald Wolfe, a young graduate of a midwestern law school, arrives in New York. Filled with ambition and idealism, he is dazzled not only by the big city but by the vivacious, restless Lillian, whom he marries in the heat of infatuation. Surely theirs is no marriage made in heaven, but they have a child, Tina, and she is the love of Donald’s heart. For her he would give up everything--his home, his distinguished career, and his freedom. When his flawed marriage begins to fail, a choice must be made. Shall he consider a step that would force him into flight and a life of hiding? From her earliest years, Tina is exceptional, a brilliant student and a joyous, loving spirit. At the university she falls in love with Gilbert, who graduates from law school just as she is about to enter medical school. Together they go to New York, where she learns the truth about her family’s past, a truth that must change her regard for the father who has protected and cherished her. When a terrible lie has been told out of love, can it be forgiven? With courage and compassion, Belva Plain paints a moving portrait of the choices that shape the course of our lives, the secrets that haunt us, and the love that helps us heal and move on. It is a work of riveting storytelling and rare emotional power by one of the most gifted novelists of our time.

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...