Books by Barbara Taylor Bradford

The story of three generations of women begins with Audra Kenton in 1926 England, follows her daughter Christina to the top of the fashion industry in New York, and comes full circle with Kyle--who threatens to tear the family apart. Reprint.

From the internationally beloved bestselling author of A Woman of Substance, The Women in His Life, and Remember--an enthralling novel of four friends transformed by an uncommon bond. When the four orphans met, they felt bound by a loyalty deeper and fiercer than friendship. But into their midst comes two interlopers who will disrupt--and irrevocably tranform "the family".

An omnibus collection of three favorites by the best-selling author of A Woman of Substance includes complete copies of Hold the Dream, To Be the Best, and Act of Will in one romantic volume.

One of America's best-selling author's shares her treasured tips and advice for creating romance in one's everyday life, with suggestions on how to share romantic rituals, prioritize time for romance, indulge oneself and one's partner, celebrate special days, discover the power of spontaneity, utilize romantic customs from around the world, and more.

As she rises to the heights of the corporate world, Elizabeth Deravenel becomes the most powerful Managing Director in the history of the Deravenel business empire, only to find herself surrounded by corporate intrigue, takeover threats, betrayal, and scandal as she must make a choice between love and duty. Simultaneous.

Barbara Taylor Bradford celebrates the 30th anniversary of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, her bestselling literary debut, with this international adventure starring "M," the great granddaughter of Emma Harte, the beloved matriarch who Bradford introduced in her first novel. After a violent attack in London, M flees for New York and adopts her mono-lettered pseudonym, as she begins a career on the modeling circuit. She is wildly successful, becoming the muse of a top French designer and the bride of an international film star, but her emergence in the public eye awakens the threatening presence from her past. But M is tired of running away, and she evokes the spirit of her feisty ancestor as she promises to defend her family at all costs.

Having changed her named to "M" to put a terrifying past behind her, a world-famous fashion model and wife to actor Larry Vaughan must do whatever she needs, even break the rules, to protect those she loves when a deadly psychopath re-enters her life, in a globe-trotting thriller from an internationally best-selling author.

Barbara Taylor Bradford celebrates the 30th anniversary of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, her bestselling literary debut, with this international adventure starring "M," the great granddaughter of Emma Harte, the beloved matriarch who Bradford introduced in her first novel. After a violent attack in London, M flees for New York and adopts her mono-lettered pseudonym, as she begins a career on the modeling circuit. She is wildly successful, becoming the muse of a top French designer and the bride of an international film star, but her emergence in the public eye awakens the threatening presence from her past. But M is tired of running away, and she evokes the spirit of her feisty ancestor as she promises to defend her family at all costs.

Barbara Taylor Bradford celebrates the 30th anniversary of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, her bestselling literary debut, with this international adventure starring "M," the great granddaughter of Emma Harte, the beloved matriarch who Bradford introduced in her first novel. After a violent attack in London, M flees for New York and adopts her mono-lettered pseudonym, as she begins a career on the modeling circuit. She is wildly successful, becoming the muse of a top French designer and the bride of an international film star, but her emergence in the public eye awakens the threatening presence from her past. But M is tired of running away, and she evokes the spirit of her feisty ancestor as she promises to defend her family at all costs.

The best-selling author of Everything to Gain tells a story of family loyalty and betrayal, featuring a journalist who tries to discover the truth about her murdered ex-husband, a wealthy philanthropist.

A dying woman's plea sends her granddaughter, Evan Hughes, on a journey to London to find Emma Harte, an odyssey that brings her face to face with Linnet; her jealous sister Tessa; Gideon, the heir to a family fortune; Paula, the matriarch; and Emma, whose secrets bring to life a previously unrevealed part of Emma's life during World War II. Simultaneous.

In Everything to Gain, master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford unfolds a novel through the voice of its heroine, Mallory Keswick, a remarkable woman who experienced extraordinary events. Here is a story of abiding love, of overwhelming loss, and ultimately, of a spiritual rebirth.Mallory has it all -- marriage to a wonderful man, two beautiful children, a lovely home -- until an exceptionally cruel act of random violence rends the fabric of her happiness, destroying her world forever.

Slowly, painfully, aided by those who love her, Mallory must begin the process of emotional recovery, of healing, and of regaining a sense of purpose in life. It takes time, but with courage and renewed determination, Mallory begins to look forward, to a future bright with promise, shimmering with hope. It is a future in which she has much to discover ... and everything to gain.

Performed by Kate Mulgrew

In the aftermath of World War I, new company head Edward Deravenel struggles between his loyal brother Richard and treacherous brother George while navigating the brutal politics of inheritance, an effort that is challenged by the scion of a family he had ousted from power years earlier. By the author of The Ravenscar Dynasty. Reprint.

Meredith Stratton, at forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter's engagement. At this seemingly happy time in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms, and desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy, Meredith peels back the layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful creation -- herself.

Determined to get well, Meredith traces her roots back to another country, where she learns about childhood experiences that dramatically changed her life. What she discovers is the key not only to the past but to her future happiness and fulfillment as a woman.

Told with the power, drama, and emotion found in her previous bestsellers, Barbara Taylor Bradford addresses the universal themes of love and loss, passage and renewal, and the inexplicable twists of fate that shape our lives. She has once again created a memorable character with whom readers will empathize and admire -- a woman who has always had the courage to live by her own rules.

Moving from the Connecticut countryside to the busy streets and suites of London, Paris, and New York, to the pastoral beauty of a chateau in the Loire Valley, Her Own Rules is an exciting and suspenseful novel about secrets, survival, redemption, and love.

Performed by Lynn Redgrave

Paula McGill Fairly, granddaughter of successful international businesswoman Emma Harte, battles greed, betrayal, and jealousy in her attempts to maintain control of the Harte empire.

In the sequel to A Woman of Substance, Paula McGill Fairley, Emma Harte's granddaughter and heir, battles greed, betrayal, and tragedy as she struggles to hold on to the Harte empire. Reprint.

In the dramatic conclusion of the extraordinary tale of Emma Harte's great-granddaughters, family values, traditions, new romance, and business are front and center in the unforgettable final episode of the Harte family saga. Simultaneous.

In the dramatic conclusion of the extraordinary tale of Emma Harte's great-granddaughters, family values, traditions, new romance, and business are front and center in the unforgettable final episode of the Harte family saga.

Estranged from her lawyer husband and out of touch with her grown children, forty-three-year-old Maggie Sorrell moves to Connecticut to begin a new life as an interior designer and finds new love with a younger man.

Beginning with A Woman of Substance, all of Barbara Taylor Bradfords novels have been met with huge success, and her popularity only increases with each new book she writes. Seven of her novels have already been adapted for television, including the Emmy-nominated A Woman of Substance, starring Deborah Kerr and Liam Neeson, and the hit Everything to Gain, featuring Sean Young, Jack Scalia, Charles Shaughnessy and Samantha Eggar.Stephanie Jardine is the protagonist of this moving novel about family secrets, betrayals, revenge, redemption and the healing power of love. At 47, Stevie is at the apex of her career and life, running the American branch of Jardines, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of London. Finally at terms with her long widowhood, Stevie now draws emotional strength and contentment from her work and family. Then an unexpected act of violence committed by a stranger on the other side of the world plunges Stevie into turmoil and despair. In order to save her injured daughters life and ensure her future, Stevie must go back to her past and confront a devastating relationship. As she battles to save her daughter, Stevie comes to understand both how fragile life really is and how it can be ineluctably changed by others when we least expect it. As she has shown in the past, Barbara Taylor Bradford has that rare gift of understanding the bonds of family, the immutability of the past and the importance of forgiveness. Power of a Woman is ultimately the story of a woman who at one moment in time is the innocent victim of a stranger's vengeance, yet who manages in the end to triumph through her own inner power as a woman.

Barbara Taylor Bradford debuts a new series set in the early 20th Century, featuring the dashing and wealthy Deravenel family. The Deravenels appears to be magnets for scandal, and it is an ongoing struggle to keep their famous family business afloat. Chockful of dastardly villains and lusty affairs, THE RAVENSCAR DYNASTY is a tasty treat for fans of racy period fiction.

When a young woman tries to understand the circumstances around her fiance's suicide, she unwittingly uncovers a terrifying plot.

In a second installment of the Harte family saga that began with Emma's Secret, Evan considers telling her father the truth of their heritage, while Linnet and Tessa consider an uneasy truce, and India wonders about her new love's secrets.

A love story about an American newsman and an artist who meet in Venice, fall in love, and find it almost impossible to carry on their affair because of the complications of their lives.

When Claire Benson calls on her friend, art dealer Laura Valiant, to investigate her husband's family, she uncovers troubling news, as well as evidence of Nazi art theft. Reprint.

The most romantic city in the world sets the stage for Barbara Taylor Bradford’s dazzling new novel, a spellbinding story of four remarkable women--each at a turning point in her life, each about to be changed forever by.…

Three Weeks in Paris

In Paris, four young women once shared the time of their lives. Now, seven years after they left the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts, they are coming back for the eighty-fifth birthday celebration of the school’s founder and grande dame.

Designer Kay Lenox returns with her career soaring and her marriage crumbling. American Jessica Pierce is determined to unravel the baffling disappearance of the man she loved in Paris. Italian Maria Franconi must face the women whose friendship she lost--and her deepest doubts about herself. And Alexa Gordon knows that Paris is still about a man she can’t resist, even as she is about to become another man’s wife.

In Barbara Taylor Bradford’s enthralling tapestry of relationships, choices, and one haunting mystery, four successful women share three weeks in the city that shaped their lives--and where they will now share a second chance.

Paula McGill O'Neill continues her struggle to maintain control of the Harte family dynasty and the department store her grandmother founded.

The sequel to A Woman of Substance and Hold the Dream follows the fate of Emma Harte's favorite grandchild, Paula McGill O'Neill, as she heads up the thriving Harte department store chain and copes with an old enemy out to destroy her. Reprint.

Barbara Taylor Bradford has enthralled millions of readers with her New York Times bestsellers, unforgettable tales that explore the rich tapestry of the human heart. Her new novel is no exception. The Triumph of Katie Byrne weaves a powerful and compelling story of one woman’s struggle to reclaim her future — by unraveling the dark mysteries of her past....

In London, Katie Byrne is an American actress on the verge of a triumph. But Katie seems barely aware of her charisma or her fortune. Caught up in a relentless quest for perfection onstage, Katie is not sure she will accept the career-making role she has been offered, even less sure that she could do justice to the part.

Suddenly, Katie seems incapable of taking the steps she has dreamed of taking all her life — of claiming her life as an actress and of letting a promising love affair blossom. For Katie, the answer lies in a past she has shared with almost no one, in the small Connecticut town where she was born and raised in an adoring, close-knit family.

There, on a fall day ten years before, tragedy crossed Katie Byrne’s path. Now she must return there — for answers, for a miracle, and for the kind of forgiveness that can set her free....

The trials and tribulations of Emma Harte's descendants continue in this fifth volume of the Harte family saga, which began with the blockbuster A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. American Evan Hughes has learned that her father is an illegitimate descendant of Emma Harte, the legendary family matriarch and founder of the English department store where Evan currently works. Should she share this revelation with her estranged father? And what of her romance with Gideon, another Harte great-grandchild? Meanwhile, Emma's great-granddaughter Tessa is engaged in a bitter custody battle for her daughter Adele when Tessa's soon-to-be ex kidnaps the little girl. And Harte descendant India Standish defies her family when she decides to marry a man of whom they do not approve.

With her stunning beauty, brilliant talent, and almost magical allure, the irresistible Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. Her rise from unknown actress to Hollywood legend is one marked by dazzling performances and a carefully concealed, yet undeniably ruthless, determination to succeed. Katherine irrevocably changes the lives of her closest friends: the two men who love her, the woman who trusts her implicitly. She never looks back until she needs the one thing they alone can give her- forgiveness. As she did so masterfully in her magnificent trilogy of A Woman of Substance, Hold the Dream, and To Be the Best, Barbara Taylor Bradford draws us into a world of a strong and powerful woman who made her choices...then was left to live with them. Moving from the stages of London to the bright lights of Hollywood, this is a richly detailed and deeply emotional novel that comes straight from Barbara Taylor Bradford's heart to yours.

A successful Hollywood actress lets her ruthless ambitions drive her to betray her closest friends, and is finally overcome by the need to obtain their forgiveness. By the author of A Woman of Substance. Reprint.

Estranged from her lawyer husband and out of touch with her grown children, forty-three-year-old Maggie Sorrell moves to Connecticut to begin a new life as an interior designer and finds new love with a younger man.

In the wake of a tragic shooting in Kosovo, Valentine Denning, a young American photojournalist, discovers that her lover--a British journalist killed in the attack--had been still married. Reprint.

Emma Harte rises from impoverished, pregnant servant to the heights of wealth and power as she parlays a small shop into the world's finest department store, outwitting her enemies, seeking revenge on her betrayers, and realizing her greatest dreams. Reprint.

A Main Selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club
He is Maximilian West--billionaire tycoon and corporate raider extraordinaire. He is a figure of almost mythical power--an enigma to all who know him. But when his world is suddenly shattered, Maxim must make peace with his turbulent past and begin to understand the remarkable women who have loved and protected him.
From the streets of London to the suites of New York, from the rise of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall, THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE takes us on an unforgettable journey of survival, secrets, love and redemption that mesmerizes from first page to last.