I was thinking to myself throughout this book that I was going to give it 5 stars, really liking this author. But up until the end of the book, I'm still waiting for that big secret, that big reveal about Gabrielle. Reading about her World War II memories was thrilling and quite sad, but the way ...
This book had some good qualities. It gives a vivid description and insight into Berlin during World War 2, a horrible time in history. I also enjoyed the tour through Istanbul. But, the story really did not captivate me until Justine was finally reunited with her grandmother and this part did...
Excellent touching book..I like the character Justine for many reason filmmaker and willing to track her grandmother down so curoius to KNOW her!! Rediscovering her grandmother who she didnt know and finding out on the letters the difficult time her grandmother growing up during the holocaus...
Reviewed by: LisaBook provided by:Get Red PRReview originally posted at Romancing the BookWhile enjoying the weekend at her family’s Connecticut home, Indian Ridge, Justine Nolan opens a letter that will change her life and those around her. She learns that her grandmother is alive and did not pe...
Reviewed by JoanneBook provided by the publisher for reviewReview originally posted at Romancing the BookOnce again Barbara Taylor Bradford writes a contemporary novel with strong women at its core and their men beside them to be there to support them, love them and be there when needed. Secrets ...
Read by Stina Nielsen. Author's 27th novel. Serena Stone is a 30 year old photojournalist. She has been on the frontline in the Middleeast for years making a name for herself, as did her father. Her father dies. she has older twin sisters. They live in Venice. Mother has already passed 4 yea...
I remember the TV series adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel with Jenny Seagrove in the lead role. It was a good adaptation if memory serves correctly. It is only now many years later that I have finally read the book.For that time Emma Harte is something of a woman holding the fort in...
Barbara Taylor Bradford’s Harte Dynasty series is one of my all-time favorites.I had launched this Ravenscar Dynasty series by reading one out of order (“Being Elizabeth”), so I decided to back up and start at the beginning.“The Ravenscar Dynasty” is set near the beginning of the twentieth centur...
Memories of "Woman of Substance" led me to pick this one up from my mum's bookshelf, but after 50 pages I gave up. None of the characters had engaged me by then, and the plot didn't either. The lengthy and seemingly pointless detail about clothing and decor was still there though. I enjoyed the f...
This begins as a typical love story as Jake Cantrell is disappointed by the failure of his marriage to Amy, his childhood sweetheart. He moves to another town to concentrate on his new business. Jake becomes involved with an amateur theatrical group in his spare time. At the first meeting Jake m...
4 audio cassettes, abridgedTrigger Warning: rape, child abusegood foundation and then she pours it on!! Nazi stolen art, child molestation by father of young daughter, surviving the Nazi control of France at age 10 and being heir to a fortune thus fueling they Nazi obsession to find her. That doe...
I never intended to read this series beyond the first book but I saw this one at a used book store for $0.80 and figured what the heck. I considered not finishing the book but endured. It got mildly interesting by page 300. Tessa’s story and the brief tie in to the 9/11 terrorist attacks were the...
As I said above I have enjoyed this series from book one – A Woman of Substance. Emma Harte has become an idol of mine and I wish I could only be as strong of a woman as she was. Not only was she a strong woman she was a good mother who passed on a good values and work ethic to her children. She ...
This was an OK story. I enjoyed the relationship between the mother-in-law and the wife, as well as the London, British based parts of the story. The description of the moors and the countryside are wonderful. The story has a predictable ominous overtone identified early which made each page t...
At the age of thirty-three, Edward Deravenel, having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and a war that ravaged his country, is finally king of his company. It’s 1918, an influenza pandemic is sweeping the country, and Edward has a family and a b...
For years I'd seen her books lying on the shelves, and wondered what they were like. So finally I checked out HER OWN RULES by Barbara Taylor Bradford from the library. I was hoping for something steamy and scandalous, like a powerful older woman who sleeps with much younger men, does shots of wh...
very good story
A. Serious. Waste. Of. Time. I never read contemporary novels but thought I would pick this up and this is my first time reading this author. Bad Choice. This Author shouldn't write mystery novels, that much is certain.It started off okay(did not like the crime scene but it was visualized well an...
An electrifying new novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, who demonstrates her superb storytelling gifts in this passionate tale of Nicky Wells. Beautfiul and fabulously successful as a television war correspondent, she deeply mourns the loss of her great love, only to be confronted with disturbing s...
Klappentext:Alle glauben an Selbstmord. Doch Vivienne Trent, Exfrau und Vertraute des Toten, hegt einen Verdacht. Die Journalistin beginnt Sebastian Lockes Leben zu recherchieren, und als sie in Frankreich auf die todkranke Gräfin de Grenaille stößt, weiß sie, dass hier der Schlüssel zur Wahrheit...
When you lose yourself in a novel by New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford, you surrender to real emotion, heartbreaking crisis, unassailable love, triumphant reawakening, and the breathtaking power of an exceptional story beautifully told. Now two of her classic novels have b...
This is a story about the lives of five women. It begins with Anya, who owns a school of design. The setting is in Paris. Descriptions are found throughout the book. This beautiful city becomes alive as stories unfold around the characters, who are all artists. This is many love stories in o...
One of the world's most beloved and successful novelists, the incomparable Barbara Taylor Bradford has the golden touch—creating powerful stories of love and deception, crisis and triumph, that resonate with real emotion . . . and remarkable characters that live in the heart and memory for months...
I couldn’t wait to see you.’ She smiled back at him. ‘I know what you mean…and good morning, Larry.’ Taking hold of her hand, he brought her into the front hall of the apartment swiftly, drew her into his arms and closed the door with his foot, all of these movements executed with a smooth and ag...
Harry was back in New York. Geoff had gone to London to run Global Images. And everyone else had taken off earlier in the day. Not too long ago, Zac had gone to Nice to keep an appointment with Dr Biron, who had treated Dad at times, and Cara had rushed up to her two huge greenhouses, built on he...
She was in a happy mood, engendered by Victor’s presence in the house. Although she was not foolish enough to think this particular circumstance would bring about a change in him, or cause him to suddenly reciprocate her feelings, she did believe their friendship had a better chance of flowering ...
She was not aware of the cold, frosty weather and the biting wind, nor did she feel hungry, even though it was turning two. I’m on cloud nine, she thought, hurrying towards the cab she had hailed, and which had suddenly slithered to a stop close by.Once inside, she sat back against the leather se...
She tried to sit up but something was holding her down. Not an inanimate object, but something warm that carried with it hope. The noise around her was deafening. People were screaming. Some were crying softly. Others prayed. She heard sirens, lots of them. Men, somewhere in the distance, were sh...
There were windows along the main corridor, and it was light-filled as she made her way to the master bedroom. Pushing open the door, Elizabeth went in and glanced around, remembering the last time she had been in this room. She had come to visit Mary, who had not wanted h...
And now as she walked through the Tuileries she felt a wonderful surge of happiness at being there today. It was lovely weather, sunny and balmy, with a pale blue sky and sunlight filling the branches of the trees with shimmering light. But Paris and the beautiful weather ...
They were located on lower ground at the back of the West Wing of the house, and now, as she walked down the hill toward them, Daphne thought how tranquil this part of the parkland was. Halfway down the small hill, she came to the platform which had been built by an earlie...
No one else ever used it. She was making a last-minute check of the guest list for the engagement dinner that evening, and contemplating the placement of everyone at the two dinner tables. Nodding her head, deciding that it could not be improved on, she sat back in the chair, sighing to herself, ...
His death was so unexpected, so swift, that everyone was stunned and disbelieving. One minute he was a healthy, robust baby, laughing and gurgling in his crib, the next he was gone from them. On that fateful Saturday evening, Doctor Stalkley had come to the cottage at once, following sharply on t...