Alessandra Padoan Book order (chronological)

During an annual Fourth of July family gathering, the lives of four sisters--Candy, a supermodel; Tammy, a TV producer; Sabrina, an ambitious lawyer; and Annie, an artist--are changed by tragedy as they come together to support one another.

As a citywide blackout engulfs Manhattan, tension rises for Regan and Jack Reilly. Jack, leading the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigates an art gallery burglary, while Regan aids her friend Kit, who faces danger from a disturbed colleague. Concurrently, actress Lorraine Lily, back from England, is desperate to reclaim items from a safe in the loft sold to the Reillys by her estranged husband, as those items threaten her career. The darkened loft becomes a pivotal setting for these intertwining stories of suspense and ambition.

Maxim Proud and passionate, the Marquess of Bradbury swore vengeance on those who had stolen his title and lands. . .and branded him a traitor to the Crown. Elise Beautiful and spirited, she found herself the innocent prisoner of the marquess, her family's most hated foe. So Worthy My Love They were bitter enemies caught in a dangerous tide that swept through Elizabeth's England—And thus began a battle of wit and will between two people so perfectly matched that they could only fall in love.

Dom Corvaisis, Ginger Weiss, Ernie Block ed altri: non si conoscono e vivono lontani gli uni dagli altri, ma li accomuna una paura cieca e misteriosa che trasformai loro giorni e notti in incubi. C'è un ricordo confuso di una violenza subita, di un'immagine luminosa e indecifrabile. Qualcuno però è disposto a uccidere per evitare che la loro memoria diventi più precisa. Ma non serve. Il ricordo riaffiora: tutti hanno soggiornato al Tranquility Motel di Ernie. Quale segreto si nasconde nel deserto del Nevada? Perché nessuno deve sapere?

De vlam van de hartstocht speelt in de woelige tijden van de Normandische inval in Engeland. Het slot Darkenwald wordt met veel wapengekletter en bruut geweld ingenomen; de beeldschone Saksische jonkvrouw Aislinn en haar moeder worden verkracht en haar vader wordt op beestachtige wijze vermoord. Maar Aislinn is hartstochtelijk verliefd op Wulfgar, de aanvoerder van de woestelingen. Mag zij van hem houden en kan zij verder leven zonder deze man, die haar zo vernedert?

"I VERMI SI STANNO VENDICANDO SUL SERIO, STAVOLTA" E poi non ebbe più tempo per pensare, perché il mostruoso verme lo stringeva sempre più forte, lasciandolo senza respiro. Stritolandolo. Trascinandolo con sé giù nel fango, nel buco cavernoso da cui era uscito.