Belva Plain

Cresent City

From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to elegant house parties in the English countryside ... from the bedsides of the rural poor to the frenetic emergency room of a Manhattan hospital ... from war-torn London to luxurious lovers' hideaways on the Riviera, here is the unforgettable story of a magnificent family-three generations of doctors-and of a love that no human force could suppress.

Random Winds

Presenting the picture of perfection on the outside, Lynn Ferguson, the wife of the wealthy and successful Robert, hides her dark secret of domestic violence as she struggles to admit the truth about her husband. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild & Doubleday Main.

Whispers

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After receiving a small inheritance, teacher Rob McDaniels heads to law school, goes to work for a powerful law firm, and marries the daughter of the senior partner--leaving behind his hometown sweetheart--as his idealism is gradually transformed by greed, ambition, and dishonesty, in the story of one man's downfall and of the two women who love him. 250,000 first printing.

Fortune's Hand

An ill-fated family reunion among intimate enemies--Annette Byrne, her two sons, and her two grandchildren--hurtles toward a bitter and abrupt conclusion that not even Annette can heal or prevent the shattering event that alters their lives forever. Reprint.

Homecoming

Secrecy

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.

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Heartwood

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. . . .

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The Golden Cup

Donald, a young lawyer in a crumbling marriage, takes a drastic step to keep his daughter with him, and years later finds himself facing the legal and emotional consequences of his actions.

Her Father's House

Margaret and Adam Crane's seemingly perfect life begins to unravel when Adam has an affair with a woman from his university days and his job as a computer executive is threatened by a possible takeover and downsizing

Promises

The Werner family saga continues as Iris and Theo's marriage dissolves, their son Steve, a political radical, flees from the FBI, and Anna tries to undo the damage of the past

Harvest

Evergreen

From "The New York Times" bestselling author of "Promises" and "Secrecy" comes a stunning novel of a family divided and the proud matriarch who takes a bold last stand to unite her warring children in what may be their last "Homecoming." It is a crisp December day when Annette Byrne walks to the end of her long, curving driveway and drops five sealed envelopes into the mailbox. Quickly. Before second thoughts stay her hand. Shortly thereafter, with the holidays approaching, her estranged family, intimate enemies, will be gathered at her country estate for the first time in years. The sons. . . two brothers embittered by a breach of ethics, honor, and trust. The grandchildren. . . one young couple on the verge of divorce; another, lovingly united against the parents who have tarnished their lives. As the ill-fated meeting hurtles toward a bitter and abrupt conclusion, not even Annette Byrne's indomitable will can heal the rift--until a shattering event alters the landscape forever. With unerring insight and emotional power, Belva Plain has created a beautiful, heartrending story of healing, love, and forgiveness.

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.

The story of Hennie and Dan Roth's tempestuous marriage during political fevor and the horror of impending war.

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.

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