Danielle Steel

It's the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually attend law school, hesitates to participate in what she sees...

Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly....

Dzieciństwo Zoe nie należało do łatwych. Tragiczna choroba i śmierć siostry, a później rozwód rodziców odcisnęły na niej niezatarte piętno. W dorosłym życiu Zoe wysoko podniosła sobie poprzeczkę. Prestiżowe studia, praca na rzecz krzywdzonych dzieci - wszystko po to, by zdobyć miłość i akceptację, których nie dostała w dzieciństwie. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her...