For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease. Beata, the eldest daughter fell in love with a French officer. Knowing that her parents would not accept their marriage, Beata followed her heart anyway. But when Europe faces war once again, Beata must watch in horror as Hitler's terror threatens her family.

Danielle Steel celebrates families of every guise in this compelling novel - a tale of three very different couples who struggle and survive, love, laugh, and learn to take life one day at a time.

Carole Barber has come to Paris to work on her novel and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. But as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives and leaves Carole alone, unconscious and unidentified in a Paris emergency room.

Annabelle Worthington, born into a life of privilege, was raised amid the glamour of New York society. But everything changes on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic alters her world forever.

In a blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful story of love and betrayal, hope and forgiveness. She chronicles one woman's courageous journey from vulnerability to strength, from victim to survivor.

Drawn by that magical spark of connection that happens to the young, Gabby, Billy, Izzie, Andy and Sean - each bursting with their own personality, all with strikingly different looks and diverse talents - soon become an inseparable group, known to everyone else as the Big Five.

Victoria - a chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes and ordinary looks - has spent her whole life being second best to her perfect younger sister Gracie. While waging a ceaseless war against her weight, enduring her father's belittling comments about her appearance, she knows that she has to get as far away from home as possible.

Hugues Martin has worked for the world's most prestigious hotels, so when he takes over a small, tired, run-down hotel in New York, everyone thinks he must be mad. But he transforms it into a beautiful boutique hotel of impeccable elegance the - Hotel Vendome - run with the efficiency he learnt through his hotelier schooling in Europe."

After building an empire that has made her a legend in business, Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the Mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of all.

From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By 19, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful personal story of the son she lost to manic depression and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness.