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What happens to people when every aspect of their lives and well-being is threatened? In Lightning, Danielle Steel tells the story of a family thrust into uncertainty and explores whether the bonds of love and marriage can withstand life's most unexpected bolts of lightning.

On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-bound bus into a small Midwestern town. She doesn't intend to stay. She is just passing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a story that you will never forget. he time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was - very nearly - everything. The place is a small Midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house.

With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage-or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her exquisite lakeside chateau.

As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything. Power, position, a career, and a family, which mean everything to him, and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation. Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia silently, steps out of her life and walks away.

Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around him when Sarah, his wife of 18 years, returns to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is left on his own, with three children and a freedom he never wanted and doesn't completely understand. His family's needs and demands suddenly consume his life. When Oliver's mother is diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed, as well. Braver than his son with less of a future before him, George Watson, at 72, quickly embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new life.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen - not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart.

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen - not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart.

Chaque famille a ses secrets et ses blessures... Les Whittier ne font pas exception à la règle. Comme chaque hiver, Preston et Constance Whittier quittent New York pour un séjour en amoureux dans les Alpes. Mais cette année, l'escapade romantique tourne au drame... Dévastés par le chagrin, leurs six grands enfants se retrouvent dans la maison où ils ont grandi, en quête de réconfort. Confrontés au devenir de cette demeure splendide qui renferme leurs souvenirs, ils doivent également faire face à leurs problèmes d'adultes.

Born to a French mother and American father, graceful Dahlia de Beaumont has been sole owner and CEO of the venerable family perfume business based in Paris since her early twenties, following the death of her parents. For twenty-five years, after losing her young skier husband in an avalanche, her life has centered on running Lambert Perfumes and being a devoted single mother to her four now-adult children: indecisive Charles, volatile Alexa, kind-hearted business visionary Delphine, and dreamy artist Emma.

Caberá a jovem mulher se colocar diante das trapaças da madrasta para impedir que o legado de sua família – e seu futuro – sejam destruídos. A tarefa parece impossível, mas com a ajuda de uma "fada madrinha" nada convencional, um jovem vizinho que pode ser um verdadeiro príncipe encantado e um grandioso baile, a nossa Cinderela pode mostrar que tem a verdadeira mágica em suas mãos.

At 18, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path. By 1939, Europe is on fire and England is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire, Alex makes her way to London as a volunteer in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But she has skills that draw the attention of another branch of the service.

After graduating from Stanford, Camille Lammenais returns to Napa Valley to help manage Chateau Joy, her parents' renowned winery. Then, their fairytale suddenly ends with her mother's death. Six months after losing his wife, the devastated Christophe is easy prey, and Camille is shocked by the news that her father intends to remarry. Quickly, she begins to see past the mysterious Countess, while her innocent father is trapped in her web.

The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, Meredith soaks up the conflict between good and evil.

Scandale et tragédies dans les coulisses d'un palace parisien. Après quatre ans de rénovations, le Louis XVI s'apprête à rouvrir ses portes. Le nouveau manager et son adjointe sont bien décidés à accueillir avec l'élégance requise les habitués, et ceux qui découvrent le palace parisien. Hélas, rien ne se passe comme prévu : voilà qu'un crime affreux est perpétré dans la suite d'un politicien en vue et qu'un terrible problème de santé menace de briser les rêves d'un jeune couple.

Melissa Henderson fue autora superventas, pero después de perder a su hijo y de que su matrimonio se derrumbara, ahora dedica su energía a restaurar una antigua casa victoriana. Tras un incendio que amenaza la integridad de su hogar y provoca que aparezca en televisión, Melissa recibe una llamada de su hermana, Hattie, con la que hace años perdió el contacto. A pesar de todo, Hattie está decidida a ayudar a Melissa a pasar página, aunque eso signifique que esta última se vea obligada a reabrir uno de los capítulos más dolorosos de su vida.

Bill dirige l'unité de traumatologie des urgences de l'Hôpital général de San Francisco et consacre sa vie à son travail depuis sa séparation. Étoile montante de son hôpital universitaire, Stephanie ne compte pas ses heures de travail, aux dépens de sa famille. Wendy, brillant médecin, est piégée dans une relation sans avenir avec un chirurgien marié. Quant à Tom, sa popularité auprès des femmes n'a d'égal que ses succès au bloc opératoire.

Spencer Brooke grew up knowing that one day she would own and run Brooke's, one of New York's most respected department stores, established by her late grandfather. But the path to success hasn't been easy. Shocked after finding herself pregnant with twins, but knowing in her heart she could be a wife and mother as well as a CEO, pressure from her husband to sell Brooke's led to the breakdown of their marriage. When entrepreneur Mike Weston offers investment just when the store is going through financial difficulty, Spencer faces a dilemma.

La justice est un combat de chaque instant... Tout prédestine Meredith McKenzie, fille et petite-fille d'éminents avocats de Manhattan, à suivre la voie tracée par ses ancêtres : de brillantes études, un mariage parfait, une vie au sein des élites. Mais, éprise de justice et de liberté, c'est aux côtés des minorités et des plus démunis qu'elle veut se battre. Un choix que ne comprennent pas les siens, bien décidés à ce qu'elle revienne dans le droit chemin.

Kait Whittier escribe una columna en una revista femenina por la que se ha ganado el respeto de sus lectoras. Tras dos matrimonios fallidos, quiere evitar las complicaciones de volverse a enamorar. Para ella lo más importante son su trabajo y sus hijos, con los que disfruta enormemente a pesar de que ya están construyendo sus propios caminos. Su vida da un giro inesperado cuando conoce a un productor de Los Ángeles que la anima a escribir para la televisión.

Il n'est jamais trop tard pour tout recommencer... À l'aube de ses 40 ans, Eileen Jackson s'interroge : qu'a-t-elle fait de sa vie ? Cette femme au foyer, mère de trois enfants, a enterré ses rêves de carrière pour fonder une famille. Mais quand un événement inattendu vient bouleverser leur équilibre et qu'elle découvre que Paul la trompe, elle remet en question ces années de compromis.