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When elegant Anouk, a dealer in American antiques, dies unexpectedly, she leaves the Metropolitan museum an uncatalogued, multimillion-dollar painting by Titian. Her son, Mischa, had no idea she had even owned it and becomes determined to discover the story behind the painting. This mystery sends him on the trail of his own history, back to the French village of his childhood. There he hopes to uncover the origins of the Gypsy Madonna; he never expects to find himself.

She hardly knew her Italian mother, and her English father acts as if Valentina never existed. She despises country life almost as much as she despises her stepmother and stepsisters. On board the houseboat named after her dead mother, Alba's life is little more than a selfish search for fun and pleasure. But the discovery of her mother's portrait sends the girl back to Italy to find her family - and the truth about Valentina. 

The war has ended, and Rita Fairweather is waiting for George Bolton, her childhood sweetheart, to return home to Devon. She wants their future to be a continuing reassurance of their past. But George comes back as a man changed by the horrors he has experienced. Unable to settle back into a small-town life, George decides to travel to Argentina. And Rita promises to wait. But George faces irresistible temptation and an agonising choice. As the years pass, Rita keeps her word, but how long should she wait for the love of the life?

Audrey Garnet lives a sheltered life in the exclusive Argentinian community of Hurlingham. That is, until Cecil and Louis Forrester arrive, travelling from England to make their fortunes. Admired by all for her beauty and grace, Audrey quickly catches the eyes of both brothers, but it is talented-but-troubled outsider Louis with his musical flair whom she is drawn to most. Cecil, however, is a better match – a decorated war hero who has charmed the entire community, including Audrey’s parents, forcing Audrey to keep her true feelings a secret.

Federica is moved from Chile to Cornwall when her parents separate, and all she has left of the relationship she cherished with her father is a wooden box, which has a secret beauty hidden within. Swiftly embraced into the eccentric Appleby family, it isn’t long before Federica falls for her friend’s older brother, Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. Years later, from the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, Federica embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. Will she finally learn the true lesson of the butterfly box?

Arethusa Clayton n’a jamais été du genre à se plier aux règles. Même après sa mort, elle continue de surprendre : au lieu d’être enterrée sur la côte Est des États-Unis, là où elle et son mari ont élevé leurs deux enfants, elle exige que ses cendres soient dispersées sur une colline irlandaise, face à la mer.

Nous sommes en 1939 et la paix chèrement acquise depuis la Grande Guerre vit ses dernières heures. Pour la famille Deverill, beaucoup de choses ont changé et une nouvelle génération attend en coulisses : Martha Wallace a quitté son Amérique natale pour Dublin afin de retrouver sa mère biologique. Mais au lieu de cela, elle est tombée follement amoureuse du très charmant JP Deverill et a découvert que sa mère vient du même endroit que ce dernier. Son destin semble scellé...

Irlande, 1925. Sur les vertes collines de West Cork, le château de Deverill a été brûlé par les rebelles. Mais la jeune et nouvellement riche Celia Deverill est déterminée à rendre sa splendeur d’antan à la demeure de ses ancêtres, et ainsi à restaurer le berceau de tous ses souvenirs d’enfance en compagnie de sa cousine Kitty et de leur amie Bridie Doyle.

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Irlande, 1900. L’année marque le début d’un nouveau siècle et la naissance de deux jeunes femmes bien différentes : Kitty Deverill, une noble anglo-irlandaise intrépide aux flamboyants cheveux roux, et Bridie Doyle, la timide fille de la cuisinière qui aspire à une vie meilleure.