In this New York Times –bestselling saga set in nineteenth-century Ireland, a titled English family keep an estate in an era of famine and violent conflict.When Edward de Salis travels to America after the death of his first wife, he is astonished to find himself falling in love with Marguerite, a young woman many years his junior. Full of hope for the future, he returns to his Irish estate, Cashelmara, but in nineteenth-...

From the New York Times– bestselling author of Cashelmara : the "grippingly readable" historical saga of a noble English family torn apart ( The Sunday Times ).Overlooking the bleak cliffs of Cornwall is Penmarric, the ancestral home of Mark Castallack. The stunning gothic manor is the picture of English nobility, wealth, and comfort. B...

The "emotion-packed" New York Times –bestselling saga by the author of Cashelmara , set on a Welsh family estate in the early twentieth century ( San Francisco Chronicle ).Tucked in the hills of South Wales is Oxmoon, the ancestral estate of the Godwin family. In the summers before 1914, music streams through the family home as the Godw...

The New York Times –bestselling "grippingly readable" novel of wealth, greed, and power in post-WWII New York by the author of The Rich Are Different ( The Sunday Times ).Among the Wall Street elite, no name inspires as much awe and envy as Van Zale. The family's sprawling banking empire, run by the determined and talented Cornelius Va...

The New York Times– bestselling novel about a powerful Wall Street family in the 1920s and the illicit affair that threatens their empire.In public, Paul Van Zale and his partners at his Wall Street investment bank are exemplary citizens and pillars of the community. In private, however, their lives are riven by jealousy, ambition, hatred, and lust. When the clever and sexy Dinah Slade insinuates herself into Paul's life ...

New York Times Bestseller: The first novel in the Cathedral of Starbridge saga about the history of the Church of England—and those who serve it.1937. At the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Reverend Dr. Charles Ashworth goes on an undercover mission to investigate the possibility of scandalous behavior by the Bishop of Starbridge, Dr. Alex Jardine. A powerful critic of the Church of England's hardline position on div...

Young, lonely, and insecure, Alice Fletcher is on the verge of emotional collapse when she stumbles into St. Benet's Church to dodge the London drizzle. There, she witnesses a group of gifted healers led by the charismatic Nicholas Darrow. Gaining refuge at last, Alice is drawn--inexorably, seductively--into the complex network of relationships at St. Benet's healing center--as she falls immediately, dangerously, in love with Darrow himself.Yet Darrow and his cutting-edge clergy ar...

A minister endures a crisis of faith—and humanity—in this historical novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author.1940. Jon Darrow is an Anglican priest with psychic gifts and a fulfilling, well-ordered life. Suddenly, he receives a vision calling him to leave his monastery and embark on a journey which will require all his courage and strength—a quest to find a new life. Yet how ...

This historical novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author follows a religious leader's doubt and possible fall from grace.1965. Charles Ashworth is Bishop of Starbridge in the decade known as the Swinging Sixties, famed for its sexual excesses, and he considers it his duty to preach regularly on the evils of fornication and adultery. Backed up by his efficient subordinates and ...

“A gripping two-pronged tale of psychological terror and spiritual redemption.”—The New York PostSuccessful 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 surface it appears to be a match made in heaven. The only problem is Kim’s ex-wife. Sophie begins to follow Carter l...

A young man's future as a priest depends on facing his past in this novel about the Church of England from the New York Times –bestselling author.1968. Proud of his psychic powers, Nicholas Darrow wants to follow in his father's footsteps by becoming an Anglican priest in the Starbridge diocese, famed for its magnificent cathedral. But pride goes before a fall, and when he attempts to use his powers to heal a you...

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 adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession in the 1990s, a place where sex is just another commodity to be bought and sold in the marketplace. And the City is where the life of Gavin Blake, who sells sex to high flyers, is finally about to ...