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A woman returns home to take care of her siblings and faces new challenges—and findsnew love—in this novel from a New York Times–bestselling author.Sara Elliott has been forced to give up the life she''s dreamed of to return home to Chicago and take charge of her sisters and brother. She finds a job and settles into the house she grew up in, building a life for ten-year-old Doug and teenagers Carrie and Abby.But Sara has another brother, Mack, now twenty, who left home three years earlier. Suddenly he reappears, cheerful and unconcerned, as if he had never broken his promise to stay and help Sara with the children and the house. With bewildering volatility, Mack swings from kindness to cruelty, affection to hostility, keeping the family always on edge. But with expensive gifts, storytelling, and the excitement of his presence, he is winning over the children, and sometimes the four of them stand together against Sara.And then, when she thinks her life has room only for work and family, she meets Reuben Lister, a client from New York. As Sara helps him find and furnish a house and explore the city, they discover a closeness neither has known before and share new ways of dealing with conflicts each has always faced alone. Together, Sara and Reuben find answers to the questions: What is a mother? What is a parent? What is a family?This is Judith Michael''s most poignant exploration of the pressures and joys facing modern adults and children, in a story that will resonate with everyone for its universal themes and discoveries.

Judith Michael creates unforgettable characters and a vivid, richly textured world—where passions can be stronger than love—in this splendid bestseller.Pampered socialite Valerie Sterling is shattered by her husband’s death and the mysterious loss of her wealth. But she finds within herself the will to build a new life, and rekindles a romance with television network head Nicholas Fielding. Valerie is utterly unaware of the dangerous passions she is stirring up in Sybille Enderby, her childhood friend and daughter of a seamstress on one of Valerie’s estates. Clawing her way up in the television industry, Sybille has always longed to possess all that Valerie has. Yet success, marriage, and the glittering whirl of society cannot quench Sybille’s envy of her friend...an envy that grows into a powerful obsession: to destroy Valerie.

This New York Times bestseller from Judith Michael weaves the spellbinding tale of identical twin sisters who dared to exchange lives...In a glittering world of lazy luxury, Sabrina reigns supreme. Invited to the most elegant parties, pursued by the most desirable men, she yearned for something more. . . . Her twin, Stephanie, is safely married with two adorable children and has everything in life that Sabrina lacks. But Stephanie longs to live like her rich and carefree sister. Changing places was to be their little secret. The game was never meant to get out of control. Neither of them dreamed how easy it would be to get lost in a maze of deceptions. . . .

From New York Times bestseller Judith Michael comes a dramatic novel of love, loss, and deep-buried family secrets.Laura Fairchild enters a charmed world when eccentric patriarch Owen Salinger takes her in as his protegee and confidante. In the patrician circles of Boston’s Beacon Hill, she acquires grace, culture, and a passionate lover in Owen’s nephew, Paul. But Owen’s death shatters her dreams. Favored in his will, she now faces the wrath of his family, who close ranks against her. Disinherited, Laura vows to recapture all that has been ruthlessly taken away. With brilliance and flair she builds a hotel empire. Yet beneath her successful facade lives the outcast girl, longing for the home and family she has lost. As long-buried secrets rise like threatening clouds, Laura has to fight to regain her love, her family, and to claim her true inheritance!

Judith Michael creates unforgettable characters and a vivid, richly textured world—where passions can be stronger than love—in this splendid bestseller.Pampered socialite Valerie Sterling is shattered by her husband’s death and the mysterious loss of her wealth. But she finds within herself the will to build a new life, and rekindles a romance with television network head Nicholas Fielding. Valerie is utterly unaware of the dangerous passions she is stirring up in Sybille Enderby, her childhood friend and daughter of a seamstress on one of Valerie’s estates. Clawing her way up in the television industry, Sybille has always longed to possess all that Valerie has. Yet success, marriage, and the glittering whirl of society cannot quench Sybille’s envy of her friend...an envy that grows into a powerful obsession: to destroy Valerie.

Judith Michael brings us a mesmerizing story of love, politics, family, and revenge in Sleeping Beauty.She has money, possessions, power. Now love becomes the only measure of success… From a wealthy Chicago suburb to the streets of San Francisco, from Los Angeles to Washington’s treacherous enclaves, from a chic Colorado resort to the site of a fabulous treasure buried in Egypt, Judith Michael brings us a mesmerizing story of love, politics, family and revenge… Anne Garnett is a brilliant Los Angeles divorce lawyer—tough, smart, and untouchable. The vulnerable girl who ran away from her wealthy, influential family is hidden now behind the glossy façade of her high-powered career. Only the death of Anne’s beloved grandfather can bring her back to the town he built—Tamarack, the Colorado playground of the rich and famous. Once there she is drawn again into the tangled passions and fortunes of who betrayed her so long ago… Embraced by a sister’s love, challenged by a man who offers her everything she could want, Anne is confronted once more by Senator Vincent Chatham, the charismatic man who still waits to destroy her. But Anne is no longer a frightened girl. She is a proud, beautiful woman who must release the paralyzing pain of the past and discover her power to win…in a battle for family empire, honor, and the richest treasure of all…a deep, abiding love.

In this sensational novel, Judith Michael takes one of our most universal fantasies and spins it into glorious, spellbinding reality. Claire Goddard is thirty-four years old, of modest means and looks. She has raised her teenage daughter, Emma, by herself, working as a designer, but without the confidence or means to fully realize her talent. Her only indulgence, once a week, is buying a lottery ticket. Then, one week, she wins sixty million dollars. Overnight everything changes. She quits her job, indulges in the shopping spree of a lifetime—new house, new clothes, new car, new hairstyle and makeup—and then treats herself and Emma to a celebratory cruise in Alaska. There they meet Quentin and Brix Eiger. Handsome, glamorous, a wealthy entrepreneur, Quentin sweeps Claire into his fast-lane fashionable world, while his temperamental son, Brix, engages Emma in her first love affair. Suddenly Claire and Emma are living in the glittering, colorful world of wealth and power. But inside the rainbow, all is not what it seems…

A heartwarming and passionate love amongst the glitz and glamor of Hollywood from New York Times bestselling author Judith Michael.When director Lucas Cameron finds letters to his grandmother from her protégé—the brilliant young actress Jessica Fontaine, who had vanished mysteriously after a tragic accident—he is intrigued and determined to find her. When finally they meet, they have one magic week of passion and love. But still Jessica cannot return with Lucas to his world—and he cannot share hers—unless, with inner strength, they can triumph over the past and open the way for their hands and hearts to join.

New York Times bestselling author Judith Michael brings together the magic of East and West in a passionate tale of heart-rending love as vivid and breathless as the pounding energy of Beijing.An American clothing designer and widowed mother of two teenagers, Miranda Graham arrives in China and is immediately overwhelmed by the way of life in this faraway place. Then she meets Yuan Li, son of an American soldier and Chinese mother—and suddenly, two worlds, two cultures, and two hearts collide. As Miranda bravely explores vistas beyond the safe, ordered limits of her own life, she is inexorably drawn to Yuan, a man who embodies all the hardship, dignity, and mystery of China. Their love is an unexpected awakening of body, mind, and spirit—even as the intrusive government and Yuan’s ambitious son threaten their newfound joy, propelling them toward the most shattering choice two lovers can make.

Einmal das Leben einer anderen leben – und wäre es auch nur für ein paar Stunden oder Tage! Welche Frau hätte sich solch ein Spiel mit vertauschten Rollen nicht schon irgendwann gewünscht.Die Zwillingsschwestern Sabrina und Stephanie wagen es, den Wunschtraum in die Wirklichkeit umzusetzen. Denn äußerlich sind sie sich so ähnlich, daß sie glauben, das kleine Intermezzo unerkannt durchhalten zu können. Doch innerlich sind die Schwestern zu verschieden, als daß sich ihr Spiel im voraus genau inszenieren ließe.Was sie sehr bald erkennen müssen, als das Leben selber die Regie übernimmt ... (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)

Im Mittelpunkt steht eine Frau, die völlig auf sich gestellt ihren Weg durch den Irrgarten eines abrupt veränderten Lebens finden muß. Ihre Geschichte ist die Geschichte von Liebe und Illusionen, Treue und Verrat, Familie und Gesellschaft.Ein faszinierender Spannungsbogen, interessante Schauplätze und die sympathische, durch und durch glaubwürdige Hauptperson machen diesen Roman zum fesselnden, lohnenden Lesegenuß.(Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)

Die begabte und schöne Laura Fairchild glaubt sich am Ziel ihrer Träume, als sie von der reichen Familie Salinger liebevoll aufgenommen und gefördert wird. Aber die Schatten einer zweifelhaften Vergangenheit holen sie unerbittlich ein und zerstören selbst das Vertrauen des Mannes, den sie liebt.Erst als Laura lernt, Vertrauen mit Vertrauen zu begegnen, findet sie neben Erfolg und Karriere auch die Geborgenheit und Liebe, nach denen sie sich immer sehnte. (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)