Virginia Cleo Andrews Books

Meet wild girls Robin, Teal and Phoebe in the first of a thrilling new two-part series

Driven from the Dumas mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew. Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious daughter, Pearl. At her side once more is Paul Tate, her first love, now a man of dazzling wealth. Whisked away to his grand house, it seems Ruby can forget the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in secret and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the grand walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the cold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met, and the only man Ruby will ever long for with her body and soul.

Rain Arnold, uprooted from her humble yet affectionate family, finds herself in a world of wealth where she feels alienated. Her love for theater becomes a beacon of hope as she navigates her new life, seeking to uncover hidden family secrets that could reshape her identity and belonging.

They lived on the wild side. Now these bad girls are paying the price. At Dr Foreman's School for Girls, the 'students' sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst punishment - the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears. Now, Phoebe, Teal and Robin - three girls from very different worlds - are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other - until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together ... and fight back.

Soon Heaven would make her family name respectable, find her brothers and sisters, and have a family once again. But as she reached out for love, she was caught up in a sinister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions.

Christie's shock at discovering her uncle Philip's unbrotherly love for her mother causes her to flee to The Meadows. But The Meadows is blighted by its own dark secrets, so Christie must struggle to break the cruel bonds of the past.

Melody had barely met her cousins - handsome Cary, whose twin sister, Laura, had recently been killed in a tragic sailing accident, and May, a sweet, deaf ten-year-old - when her mother stunned her with the news that Melody was to stay on the Cape while she and Archie continued on the road.

The prequel to the compelling saga that began with 'Flowers in the Attic', repackaged for a new generation of fans. THEIR DARKEST SECRETS WOULD TURN TO SHAME AND HAUNT THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. Olivia Winfield's hopes blossomed when the dashing Malcolm Foxworth asked her to marry him. But her hopes withered like flowers in the scorching sun when his true nature was revealed. Foxworth Hall, the beautiful home that should have given them so much happiness, became like a prison to her, with Malcolm the cruellest of jailers. Suddenly, unexpectedly, the hand of friendship was offered to Olivia when Alicia, her father-in-law's new young bride, came to Foxworth Hall. The two women were unlikely companions, but soon the laughter of their youth filled the gloomy place. Yet over them both loomed the shadow of Malcolm, whose dark desires were to sow the seeds of a shocking secret that would lead in time to a darkened, locked attic room...

With her mother, Haille, and stepfather dead in tragic accidents, Melody Logan has only just begun to find a safe mooring with the Logans. But then a friend spots a photograph of Haille modelling in a catalogue, and it seems possible that she didn't perish in a Californian fire after all. But although Melody finally finds her mother, nothing can soften the blow of the moment when she stands face-to-face with Haille, and sees her eyes turning cold. Why has her mother pretended not to recognise her? And most importantly why did she fake her own death? Melody is determined to find out, for only in her mother's world of unkept promises and tattered fantasies will she unearth the truth about her past. And then, perhaps, she might find her way to a safer, better place...

A thrilling new tale from Virginia Andrews, beloved author of Flowers in the Attic

Two books in one: If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with Flowers in the Attic.

Life isn't getting any easier for Rain Arnold. The ghettos of Washington D.C. are a daily reminder that she must struggle to hold on to her dreams. Unlike her tearaway sister, she has battled against the odds to do well at school and to be a good daughter. But Rain can't suppress the feeling that she has never really belonged, that she is a stranger in her own world. Her instincts are confirmed when she overhears a revelation from the past. A long-buried secret is about to change her life beyond recognition. Suddenly everything Rain has ever known is left behind, and Rain is sent to live with the wealthy Hudson family. Just as she never felt a part of the troubled world she was raised in, Rain is also out of place in the luxury and privilege that now surround her. Will Rain ever be able to fulfil her hopes and ambitions -and find a place to call home?

Dawn arrives in New York to study singing at the Bernhard School of Performing Arts, fulfilling her most treasured dream. However, escape from her unhappy past is not so simple.

After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. When she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. It soon becomes clear that perhaps it is better to face the world alone than trapped in a toxic and potentially dangerous family. -- adapted from jacket

PROUD AND BEAUTIFUL, HEAVEN CAME BACK TO THE HILLS - TO RISE AT LAST ABOVE HER FAMILY'S SHAME ! As Logan's bride, she would savour now the love she had sought for so long. Free from her father's clutches, she would live again in her backwoods town, a respected teacher and cherished wife. But after a wedding trip to Boston's Farthinggale Manor and a lavish, elegant party, Heaven and Logan are persuaded to stay ... lured by Tony Tatterton's guile to live amidst the Tatterton wealth and privilege. Then the ghosts of Heaven's past rise up once more, writhing around her fragile happiness ... threatening her precious love with scandal and jealousy, sinister passions and dangerous dreams. --back cover

Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall... V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions -- of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic, thin, spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth's bride. At last, with her tall handsome husband, she would find the joy she had waited for, longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with hidden rooms and festering desires, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread...an evil that will threaten her children, two lovely boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within one innocent child, a shocking secret lives...a secret that will taint the proud Foxworth name, and haunt all their lives forever!

The start of a brand new two book series from the Queen of Gothic Romance.

This is the fifth and final volume in the "Logan Family" series.

Flowers in the Attic: Four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father

The second in a three book series, Delia's Heart continues from Delia's Crossing, featuring a young girl who comes to the United States from Mexico to live with her wealthy aunt in Palm Springs. Delia Yebarra survived a treacherous desert crossing to protect her friend Ignacio from murder charges. Now, the time has come once again to leave her tiny Mexican hometown: Delia's cousin Edward convinces her to return to his world of wealth and privilege in Palm Springs, and soon Delia, a beautiful and popular senior at an exclusive private school, is living the American dream. But Delia will quickly discover that high society has a very dark underside. Delia's malicious cousin Sophia is sparking horrific rumors with Delia at their center. Racing to do damage control, Delia's mortified aunt Isabela introduces her troublesome niece to the handsome son of a wealthy Mexican American politician. An attraction sparks and a whirlwind romance begins...but Delia's heart won't let her forget her humble roots—or Ignacio. And when tragedy tears her world apart, will it be too late to save the one she cares about the most?

Hope is shattered... La esperanza se destruyeNo amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son. But when she discovers she is carrying his child, Delia has no choice but to live under the watchful eye of Adan's powerful father, who blamed Delia for the deadly accident but soon puts her health and the safe delivery of his grandchild above his resentments. Or so Delia believed.But love brings new life...Pero el amor sopla una nueva vidaFor Adan's father intends to use his connections to blackmail Delia. A cruel nursemaid monitors her every move. And a manipulative schemer orchestrates a reunion with Delia's cousin Edward -- a visit with grave consequences. But after tiny Adan Jr. arrives, Delia is no longer fighting for herself but for everything she ever believed, back when she was a Mexican country girl. Can Delia recapture the innocence of her roots and make a bright future for her family?

The enthralling sequel to Daughter of Darknessfrom the international bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic

A new stand-alone novel from bestselling author Virginia Andrews

Mayfair Cummings is young, beautiful, and brilliant. But her intelligence makes her the outcast of both the private school she attends and the broken family she hopes to salvage. When she catches the eye of both a popular senior and her handsome English teacher, not even her brilliant mind can help her navigate the explosive new relationships she is forming, or a scandal that is brewing…

From the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies) comes the first book in the Castell Family series—for fans of Emma Donoghue (Room) and Kay Hooper (Amanda). Of all the folks on the mountain, the Casteel children are the lowest. Even the families that buy them think so. Heaven Leigh Casteel may be the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, but her cruel father and weary stepmother work her like a mule. For the sake of her brother Tom and the other little ones, Heaven clings to the hope that someday she can show the world that they are worthy of love and respect. But when the children’s stepmother can’t take it anymore and abandons the family, Heaven’s father hatches a scheme that will alter her young life forever. Being sold to a strange couple is just the beginning; ripping away the thin veneer of civilization and learning the adult secrets of the world around her means Heaven must abandon someone, too—the child she was, to become the woman her mother never had the chance to be.

Growing up in her beloved swamp, Gabriel is supremely happy, despite the ever-widening rift between her Mama and her conniving, whiskey-drinking Daddy. Her classmates tease her, calling her "La Femme Au Naturel," the Nature Girl, because she seems more interested in poling her pirogue through the canals than she is in romance. But Gabriel nurtures her own secret dreams. Then, days before her high school graduation, rich cannery owner Octavious Tate surprises her in a secluded pond and shatters her innocence. Pregnant and desolate, wishing to spare her dear Mama the scandal, Gabriel agrees to a shocking plan that will allow Octavious's frigid wife Gladys to claim the baby as her own and will net Gabriel's furious Daddy a huge payoff. Hiding in a tiny abandoned playroom in the Tate mansion, Gabriel is miserable. Her only visitor is Mama, whose mission as a Traiteur, a Cajun healer, gives her an excuse to treat Gladys Tate's "pregnancy." But nothing is more wrenching than the moment Gladys takes baby Paul away forever. Returning home to the swamp, Gabriel drifts in a world of twilight gloom, brightened only by chance glimpses of her son. But as Jack Landry's reputation as a swamp guide grows, a hunting party brings handsome, gentle Creole millionaire Pierre Dumas to the bayou. Falling desperately in love, Gabriel will not heed the voice warning that their joy may bring her more grief than she can bear....

Left on a train platform in an unfamiliar village, little Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope even as the hours pass and the station grows dark. When a strange old woman with a large umbrella approaches and inquiries about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but with the chances of her father returning growing ever slimmer, she agrees to rest at the old woman's house.

The sequel to 'SHOOTING STARS' explores the idea that while the world is like a stage, not everything unfolds as expected.

For family intrigue and psychological chills, there is no author quite like Virginia Andrews

After her parents are killed in a road accident, Delia Yebarra's life is turned upside-down. At fifteen, she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up to embark on a new life in America. Arriving at her wealthy Aunt Isabella's huge estate in Palm Springs, California, should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia - so why does it feel like a nightmare? Her aunt refuses to acknowledge Delia's heritage, relegating her to the servants' quarters with a lecherous language tutor who is intent on exploiting the beautiful young foreigner. Her cousin Edward is kind, but cousin Sophia is cruel, manipulative and resentful of Delia's sultry Latin looks. And just when Delia tries to embrace the life of an all-American girl, a heartbreaking chain of events sends her spiralling back to a Mexico she hardly recognises ...

Everyone Says Her Mother Was Crazy. Is She Doomed to Repeat the Past? Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to...and it's where, so Alice has been told, she plotted the murder of her own stepfather. Now, years later, with her mother locked away for life, the attic is where Alice finds comfort in her aloneness, writing poetry and painting pictures. When Alice finally finds the courage to come out of her shell, exchanging her dowdy looks for flattering clothes and makeup, her life completely opens up -- she even attends the prom with a cute, popular boy. But it's a night that turns quickly tragic -- sending her newfound happiness crashing down around her, and hurtling Alice into a shattering new life, one that leads her to a shocking reunion with the shadows she had fled. From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping secrets in the shadows.

From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping Secrets in the Attic Two Friends As Close As Sisters. One Killer Secret That Will Tear Their Small Town Apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic Karen shares one more secret with her best friend -- a secret to take to the grave....

As Mrs. James Gary Longchamp, Dawn is blissfully happy. But a legacy of deceit and betrayal still haunts her... At last Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel...and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own. Yet Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence everywhere...can feel her bitter hatred as if the old lady plotted her vengeance from the grave. When Dawn discovers that her brother, Philip, still clings to his mad, shameful passion for her, she is heartstricken. Her spiteful, jealous sister, Clara, is far easier to ignore...until the day Clara's childish rage explodes into violence, destroying Dawn's most cherished, precious dream. Then Christie's father, debonair singing star Michael Sutton, returns. Now, as the heartaches and scandals of the past threaten to engulf her, Dawn must fight for her steadfast Jimmy...for only with Jimmy's love can she find the rainbow at the end of the storm.

Now a major Lifetime movie event, from New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the fourth installment in the classic story of the Casteel family saga. Stunned by tragedy, a young woman finds herself desperate and alone, and clinging to the frailest of dreams. Can Heaven’s daughter find the inner strength to survive? The car crash that killed Heaven and Logan left Annie Casteel Stonewall orphaned and crippled. Whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by the possessive Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but especially for Luke, her half-brother. Friend of her childhood, her fantasy prince, her loving confidante…without the warm glow of Luke’s love, she is lost in the shadows of despair. When Annie discovers Troy’s cottage hidden in Farthinggale’s woods, the mystery of her past deepens. And even as she yearns to see Luke again, her hopes and dreams are darkened by the sinister Casteel spell…treacherous, powerful, and evil.

For Carrie, Chris and Cathy the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist and grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault. Was it? Cathy knew what to do. She knew it was time to show her mother and grandmother that the pain and terror of the attic could not be forgotten...Show them. Show them -- once and for all.

The Casteel family saga concludes with this fifth and final book as Annie and Luke return to Farthinggale Manor to finally put her past behind her. But the Manor still holds one final key to the mysteries surrounding her family.

In the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear the Hudson family secrets — as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon... After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy strikes. Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away - dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world — a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her — and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache.

Audrina remembers a better time, when her husband, Arden, was a young man with a heart filled with devotion for her. He didn't used to be this ambitious, expansive ... this cruel. But then, the death of Audina's father changed a great many things. When the reading of her father's will reveals that Audrina herself will control fifty-one percent of the family brokerage--the halls of Whitefern again don't feel safe

Secrets are at home here...The Heavenstone sisters live with their mother and father in a grand old mansion in bluegrass Kentucky. Semantha, the younger and prettier one, is afraid of so many things -- darkness, strange noises, mysterious whispers in the night. But nothing frightens her more than her sister, Cassie. She is older and wiser, and always telling Semantha what to do, what to wear, and how to behave around those wicked boys at school. Semantha has her eye on one special guy -- but Cassie has other plans for her. In the Heavenstone house, big sister knows best....and there's no escape. Then tragedy strikes like a lightning bolt from heaven, and Semantha's life becomes a living hell. Under Cassie's constant, watchful eye, she feels like a prisoner -- a helpless pawn in her sister's cruel game. When Cassie begins wearing their mother's clothes and vying for their dad's affections, Semantha realizes she must bring their twisted sibling rivalry to an end...before a new generation is born.

Now a major Lifetime movie event—Book Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic—the novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching. Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her “grandmother.” Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home…and everything they love may soon be torn from them.

The final, haunting novel in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril. —back cover

She was supposed to be hidden away. But when the truth is exposed, she can't stay silent.... After tragedy tears her family apart, Jordan March is shipped off by her domineering Grandmother Emma to live with Emma's long-forgotten sister. Shuttered in a rundown farmhouse, Aunt Frances is the strangest person Jordan has ever met. Why has Grandmother hidden away this fragile, harmless woman -- did Frances grow up much too fast, like Jordan did? In the shadows of the farmhouse, Jordan is about to unearth the shattering truth -- and the March family will never be the same....

All she wanted was to be someone's little girl... Fate made her a lonely orphan, yearning for the embrace of a real family and a loving home. But a golden chance at a new life may not be enough to escape the dark secrets of her past...

In the latest in the Early Spring series, Jordan March's body begins to change in a way that seems dark, dangerous, and threatening. Now, Grandmother Emma sets out to make Jordan pay for her family's past mistakes. Original.

The house in the wood was picturesque and charming. The family who lived there were happy and affluent. So what was the secret of that room - empty of everything but the rocking chair? Audrina wanted to be as good as her sister. Audrina knew her parents could not love her as they loved her sister. Her sister was perfect, much loved - and dead. But how did she die? Who was Audrina and whom did she have to become? What was the secret that everyone knew? Everyone except My Sweet Audrina

The novel that launched Virginia Andrews' superselling career: the tale of four children locked in an attic by their once-loving mother!

The prequel trilogy to the Dollanganger series comes to a riveting end with The Shadows of Foxworth.

The new novel from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind- both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like it must have been another life. He's adopted into a wealthy family - but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?

"As identical twins, their mother insists that everything about them be identical: their clothes, their toys, their friends ... the number of letters in their names, Haylee Blossom Fitzgerald and Kaylee Blossom Fitzgerald. If one gets a hug, the other must, too. If one gets punished, the other must be, too. Homeschooled at an early age, when the girls attend a real high school they find little ways to highlight the differences between them. But when Haylee runs headfirst into the dating scene, both sisters are thrust into a world their mother never prepared them for--causing one twin to pursue the ultimate independence. The one difference between the two girls may spell the difference between life ... and a fate worse than death."--

Renowned for her singing across the English countryside, Emma is determined to leave her misty hometown for the dazzling streets of New York City. She'll become a Broadway star, or die trying. Her father disowns her on the spot; Emma walks out of the door and into a new life. But when she arrives, her fate is not what she imagined. Just when it seems like Emma might have to admit defeat, she is introduced to a peculiar couple: a wife that cannot bear children of her own, and a husband who would pay Emma to solve that problem. When Emma moves into the couple's remote estate to participate in an elaborate ruse, there's no telling what kind of life she'll have once she's taken the money. -- adapted from publisher info

The second book in the thrilling, brand new trilogy that continues the saga begun in Flowers in the Attic...

New York Timesbestselling author Virginia Andrews ventures into the world of vampires in this brand new urban-fantasy

A family fortune, a forbidden romance, and a daughter in peril are at the center of this newest story from the world of #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies.

Deze serie (omnibus) bevat 5 boeken namelijk:- Hemel zonder engelen (Heaven)- De duistere engel (Dark Angel)- De gevallen engel (Fallen Hearts)- Een engel voor het paradijs (Gates of Paradise)- De droom van een engel (Web of Dreams)Contains:Bevat: Hemel zonder engelen. - Vert. van: Heaven. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1985. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1985 ; De duistere engel. - Vert. van: Dark angel. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1986. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1987 ; De gevallen engel. - Vert. van: Fallen hearts. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1988. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1988 ; Een engel voor het paradijs. - Vert. van: Gates of paradise. - New York : Pocket Books, 1989. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1989 ; De droom van een engel. - Vert. van: Web of dreams. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1990. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1990

One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense with sheer terror in this provocative first book of the Landry Family series—soon to be a Lifetime movie! An innocent bayou girl is lost to New Orleans in this provocative novel by one of the most popular storytellers of all time. The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian Grandmere Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken grandpere, Jack. Grateful for what she has, Ruby’s life is filled with hope and promise, especially when her attraction to handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a wonderful love affair. But when Paul’s wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a “lowly” Landry girl from the bayou and her grandmere dies, Ruby harnesses her pain into her dream of becoming a great painter. Stumbling upon a faded photograph of her father leads to revelations of a shocking blackmail scheme. Left to find answers on her own, Ruby hunts for her father leads to his massive mansion in New Orleans. Subjected to his world of lies, torment, and madness, Ruby clings to her memories of Paul, knowing that only true love might save her now.

Was the Hudson Family destined to live in the shadows of the past? Or would luck shine on the newest generation? The answer lies at... The End of the Rainbow Rain's precious daughter, Summer, is about to turn sixteen. Her future lies wide open before her and she carries her mother's wise advice close to her heart: life is hardship, but above all, life is hope. Like all girls her age, Summer dreams of growing up and making her own life, of falling in love and finding her soul mate. But a devastating tragedy will force Summer to stare into the cold eyes of adulthood long before she is ready. She will learn very quickly about hardship -- but what of hope? Is she as strong as her courageous mother? Or will she crumble? All her life, Summer has lived on the Virginia estate where the Hudson family's secrets have lurked among the shadows for generations. Now it is time for Summer to discover secrets of her own. Some she will keep. Some she will share. Some will force her to flee the only place she has ever called home. And some will haunt her for the rest of her life....

Geschichte der jungen Dawn, die eines Tages entdeckt, dass sie in früher Kindheit das Opfer einer Entführung aus reichem Elternhaus wurde. Dort jedoch stösst sie auf Ablehnung und Feindschaft, vor allem von seiten der Grossmutter.

Deze omnibus bevat 5 boeken:- Melody (Melody)- Lied van verlangen (Heart Song)- Onvoltooide symfonie (Unfinished Symphony)- Middenachtmuziek (Music in the Night)- Verstilde stemmen (Olivia)Contains:Bevat: Melody. - Vert. van: Melody. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1996. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1997. - (Melody ; 1) ; Lied van verlangen. - Vert. van: Heart song. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1998. - (Melody ; 2); Onvoltooide symfonie. - Vert. van: Unfinished symphony. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baar : De Kern, 1998. - (Melody ; 3) ; Middernachtmuziek. - Vert. van: Music in the night. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1998. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn : De Kern, 1999. - (Melody ; 4) ; Verstilde stemmen. - Vert. van: Olivia. - New York : Pocket Books, cop. 1999. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: Baarn De Kern, 1999. - (Melody ; 5)

Virginia Andrews in een fenomeen. In Amerika behoort deze schrijfster tot de absolute top en ook in het Nederlandse taalgebied kan ze gerekend worden tot de meest succesvolle auteurs. Een verkoop in Nederland en België van ruim een half miljoen exemplaren spreekt duidelijke taal. In Andrew's boeken spelen kinderen in de puberteit een grote rol. Ouderen met een psychologische afwijking vormen een bedreigende factor. De mystieke, griezelige sfeer blijkt later een realistische onderbouw te hebben. Andrews schrijft zó intrigerend, dat het moeilijk zal zijn haar boeken niet in één adem uit te lezen. Zoals er na vier delen van de Dollanganger-saga een vijfde boek verscheen, waarin Andrews uitlegde hoe het mogelijk was dat een moeder zo ontaard kon zijn, zo is dit de roman die de DAWN-serie aanvult en afrondt. Lillian geniet aanvankelijk van een onbezorgde jeugd op de welvarende plantage The Meadows. Maar dan vertelt haar zuster Emily haar het schokkende geheim van haar geboorte. Vanaf dat moment lijkt er een vloek op haar te rusten en brengt het noodlot haar in contact met playboy Bill Cutler, eigenaar van het Cutler's Cove hotel...

Deze omnibus bevat 5 boeken:- Ruby (Ruby)- Parel in de mist (Pearl in the Mist) - Alles wat schittert (All that Glitters)- Verborgen juweel (Tarnished Gold)- Het gouden web (Hidden Jewel)Contains:Bevat: Ruby. - Vert. van: Ruby. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1994. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1994. - (Ruby ; 1) ; Parel in de mist. - Vert. van: Pearl in the mist. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1994. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1995. - (Ruby ; 2) ; Alles wat schittert. - Vert. van: All that glitters. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1995. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1995. - (Ruby ; 3) ; Verborgen juweel. - Vert. van: Tarnished gold. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1996. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1996. - (Ruby ; 4) ; Gouden web. - Vert. van: Hidden jewel. - New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1995. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1996. - (Ruby ; 5)

Contains:--Het Geheim (Dawn)--Mysteries van de morgen (Secrets of the Morning)--Het kind van de schemering (Twilight's child)--Gefluister in de nacht (Midnight whispers)--Zwart is de nacht (Darkest hour)Contains:Bevat: Het geheim. - Vert. van: Dawn ; Mysteries van de morgen. - Vert. van: Secrets of the morning ; Het kind van de schemering. - Vert. van: Twilight's child ; Gefluister in de nacht. - Vert. van: Midnight whispers ; Zwart is de nacht. - Vert. van: Darkest hour. - Oorspr. Engelse uitg.: New York [etc.] : Pocket Books, 1990-1993. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 1991-1994.

Hass, Eifersucht und Habgier zerstören die Ehe von Olivia und Malcolm, dem Erben von Foxworth Hall. Er hat nie verwunden, dass seine Mutter ihn verlassen hatte, als er noch ein kleines Kind war. Er verfällt seiner Stiefmutter Alicia, die eines Tages spurlos verschwindet.

Bundeling van de vijfdelige serie over vier kinderen die vanwege een erfeniskwestie opgesloten worden op zolder.

Heaven Leigh Casteel erlebt mit Logan Stonewall und den Kindern Annie und Luke wunderbare Jahre des Familienglücks. Dann geschieht das Schreckliche: Heaven und Logan kommen bei einem Autounfall ums Leben, Annie überlebt, ist aber an den Rollstuhl gefesselt; und dies ist erst der Anfang von Annies Leidensweg...

Die sechzehnjährige Summer hat ihr ganzes Leben auf dem großen Hudson-Anwesen in Virginia verbracht - wo seit Generationen düstere Familiengeheimnisse in den Schatten lauern. Doch nun entdeckt Rains Tochter zum ersten Mal ihre ganz eigenen Geheimnisse. Einige wird Summer für sich behalten. Manche wird sie teilen. Ein paar besonders verstörende werden die junge Frau zur Flucht aus ihrem Elternhaus zwingen.

Barcelona. 21 cm. 364 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Andrews, V. C. 1923-1986. Traducción de Eduardo Mallorquí. Traducción de: Hidden jewel .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 8422664712

Het verschrikkelijke verleden komt weer boven bij een gelukkig echtpaar door de komst van nieuwe buren en de daaropvolgende geestelijke aftakeling van hun jongste zoon.

§B§Alle vier Romane der packenden Wildflower-Saga in einem Band!§§S§Die vier jungen Mädchen Misty, Star, Jade und Cat haben eines gemeinsam: Sie kommen aus zerrütteten Familien und werden von entsetzlichen Erinnerungen gequält, über die sie mit niemandem sprechen können. Jede erfundene Geschichte ist vermutlich besser als die grauenvolle Wahrheit. Doch in der Therapiegruppe ihres Psychiaters Dr. Marlowe lernen die vier sich einander zu öffnen und erkennen das Wunder, dass es Menschen gibt, die für ihre Gefühle größtes Verständnis zeigen.

Een meisje wordt met haar broertje na de dood van hun ouders opgenomen in het liefdeloze gezin van een oom en tante.