Laurel Lefkow

Beautiful Cora Cash, the wealthiest debutante in America, is spirited away from the glamour of her Park Avenue mansion & suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, mistress of Lulworth Castle, maried to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England.

Savannah wants to prove herself to her powerful, ruthless father, Michael Hudson. Lois runs the gambling business of Michael's greatest rival, Roberto Enzo. Both women have to confront their pasts, discover new loves, and find out the important things in life before the greed and corruption of their worlds consume them.

Babe, Grace and Millie have been best friends since their first day at their small town's only kindergarten. Despite their differences, they've played together, grown up together, shared each other's secrets. And, when World War Two becomes a reality for America, the girls begin a new phase of their lives together. Originally published: New York: S

Love is not an abstract idea. It is not saying 'I'm here for you, let me know if you need me'. It's making the decision, when someone close to you is in trouble, about what you will do to fix as much as you can for them. It's a 'doing' thing. A verb.

This is the compelling story of two women, born centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them. Tracy Chevalier is the author of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' and 'Falling Angels'.