There were two subjects which lonely widower Edward de Salis never discussed: his dead wife and his family home in Ireland, \"matchless Cashelmara\". So when he meets Marguerite, a bright young American with whom he can talk freely about both, he is able to love again and takes her back to Ireland as his wife....

We all want what we cannot have, but when Mark Castallack sees his longed-for inheritance Penmarric, a gothic mansion on the bleak cliffs of Cornwall, and the mysterious, mesmerising Janna, he knows that he will make them his and nothing will stand in his way....

\\\"Fascinating...convincing...believable.\\\" NEWSDAY The time is 1940. Jonathan Darrow is an Anglican priest when he receives a shattering vision and knows he must leave the monastery that has been his home for seventeen years. As he plunges......

Charles Ashworth is privileged, pampered and pleased with himself. As Bishop of Starbridge in 1965 he \'purrs along as effortlessly as a well-tuned Rolls-Royce\' while he proclaims his famous \'absolute truths\' to a society which he......

When You Live The Dream, You Live The Consequences… Cool, blonde Carter Graham is a successful lawyer who believes she is well on the way to reaching all the goals listed in her glamorous life plan: first-class job, a stylish flat in London, and......

The City of London in the 1990s is a dark, adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession, where sex is just another commodity and keeping one\'s integrity is a daily struggle. Gavin Blake is riding high. He\'s up to his neck in money, sex......

Deftly combining the sacred and the profane—the unmistakable hallmark of her fiction over the past decade—Susan Howatch gives us a spellbinding, suspenseful and psychologically intense new novel. The financial heart of London—the City—is an......

Successful London lawyer Carter Graham has power, sex appeal, and a well-ordered life. Everything has gone according to plan, including her recent marriage to Kim Betz, an investment banker with the right combination of looks and position. On the......

As Venetia Flaxton edges closer to the threshold of a love affair with the Dean of the Cathedral - a man old enough to be her father - his hidden emotional past and her moral conflict lead them deeper into the mysteries of the human heart and soul. A......

In 1963, Venetia becomes involved with her friend"s father, but as a married clergyman he has nothing to offer but an admiration which spirals out of control into an obsessive love. He begins to take risks to further their friendship and Venetia finds herself trapped in a web of love and lies....

When Nicholas Darrow follows his father into the Anglican priesthood in 1968 at the age of twenty-five, he is fleeing a troubled past....

\\\"A SKILLFUL BLEND OF CHARACTER, PHILOSOPHY AND NARRATIVE. . .Formidable personalities embroil themselves in ruthless power struggles that would make a corporate raider blush.\\\" -The Washington Post Book World It is 1965, and Charles Ashworth......