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Belva Plain
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Belva Plain lives in northern New Jersey. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Evergreen, Random Winds, Eden Burning, Crescent City, The Golden Cup, Tapestry, Blessings, Harvest, Treasures, Whispers, Daybreak, The Carousel, Promises, Secrecy, Homecoming, Legacy of Silence, Fortune’s Hand, After the Fire, Looking Back, Her Father’s House, and The Sight of the Stars.
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Whispers
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: March 10, 1994
Price: $7.99
Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But in the Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world-and her... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: March 10, 1994
Price: $7.99
Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But in the Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world-and her... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.

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The Golden Cup
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Henrietta Roth, an extraordinary woman, fights to control her destiny; and three turbulent generations come vividly to life against a background of immigrant struggle, war, and passion.
"A page-turner... Hard to put down." -- The Washington Post Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Henrietta Roth, an extraordinary woman, fights to control her destiny; and three turbulent generations come vividly to life against a background of immigrant struggle, war, and passion.
"A page-turner... Hard to put down." -- The Washington Post Read more >
Evergreen
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: June 15, 1980
Price: $7.99
The towering modern classic of passion and ambition that forever changed the way we see the courageous immigrants who came to America's shores -- the story of Anna Friedman transfixes us with the turbulent emotions of a woman and her family touched by war, tragedy, and the devastating secrets of one forbidden love... bittersweet and evergreen. Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: June 15, 1980
Price: $7.99
The towering modern classic of passion and ambition that forever changed the way we see the courageous immigrants who came to America's shores -- the story of Anna Friedman transfixes us with the turbulent emotions of a woman and her family touched by war, tragedy, and the devastating secrets of one forbidden love... bittersweet and evergreen. Read more >
Daybreak
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1995
Price: $7.99
The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield's beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter's death and the shock of having a son they have never met... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1995
Price: $7.99
The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield's beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter's death and the shock of having a son they have never met... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.
Harvest
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1991
Price: $7.99
An unforgettable novel yielding the fruit of hidden passions, corrosive secrets, and tragic rebellion that simultaneously shape and echo the fortunes of three generations. Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1991
Price: $7.99
An unforgettable novel yielding the fruit of hidden passions, corrosive secrets, and tragic rebellion that simultaneously shape and echo the fortunes of three generations. Read more >

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Looking Back
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $7.99
New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness.
They met at school and have been inseparable ever... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $7.99
New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness.
They met at school and have been inseparable ever... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Tapestry
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: March 4, 1989
Price: $7.99
Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, and encompassing World War II, Bleva Plain's new novel weaves the threads of history into a brilliant tapestry. As vivid events plunge the world into a dizzying vortex of change, an unforgettable American Family must summon up extraordinary courage to face birth, death... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: March 4, 1989
Price: $7.99
Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, and encompassing World War II, Bleva Plain's new novel weaves the threads of history into a brilliant tapestry. As vivid events plunge the world into a dizzying vortex of change, an unforgettable American Family must summon up extraordinary courage to face birth, death... Read more >

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Fortune's Hand
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $7.99
He led a charmed life...until he wanted more.
Robb MacDaniel was an idealistic young teacher engaged to his high school sweetheart--when a sudden windfall, tragically earned, offered him the opportunity to go to law school and pursue a brilliant career. But nothing in Robb MacDaniel's life could have prepared him for the... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $7.99
He led a charmed life...until he wanted more.
Robb MacDaniel was an idealistic young teacher engaged to his high school sweetheart--when a sudden windfall, tragically earned, offered him the opportunity to go to law school and pursue a brilliant career. But nothing in Robb MacDaniel's life could have prepared him for the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.

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Crossroads
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $26.00
No one explores the rich tapestry of the human heart as Belva Plain does. Her more than twenty New York Times bestsellers have captivated readers and garnered legions of devoted fans. Now Plain dazzles us once again with a new novel of rare eloquence and raw emotion…a powerful tale about the... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $26.00
No one explores the rich tapestry of the human heart as Belva Plain does. Her more than twenty New York Times bestsellers have captivated readers and garnered legions of devoted fans. Now Plain dazzles us once again with a new novel of rare eloquence and raw emotion…a powerful tale about the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
paperback.

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Her Father's House
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2003
Price: $7.99
Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and daughters, lovers and... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2003
Price: $7.99
Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and daughters, lovers and... Read more >
Promises
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $4.99
With her three children, beautiful home, and loving husband, Margaret Crane is a woman others would envy. Adam's job has cushioned them nicely over the years, and it should be a time of contentment, rewards, of new challenges together. But lately Adam has been working too late, too hard, at the office. Margaret... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $4.99
With her three children, beautiful home, and loving husband, Margaret Crane is a woman others would envy. Adam's job has cushioned them nicely over the years, and it should be a time of contentment, rewards, of new challenges together. But lately Adam has been working too late, too hard, at the office. Margaret... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
paperback.

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The Sight of the Stars
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $7.99
New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey... Read more >
Secrecy
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $4.99
First came the sin. Then the lies.
He was handsome, charming, irresistable, and an eighteen-year-old lady-killer, her uncle Cliff's stepson, Ted. But in one terrible night he would shatter the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Dawes and nearly destroy her family. Years afterward, Charlotte would remember that night with fear and loathing, with pain that could... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $4.99
First came the sin. Then the lies.
He was handsome, charming, irresistable, and an eighteen-year-old lady-killer, her uncle Cliff's stepson, Ted. But in one terrible night he would shatter the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Dawes and nearly destroy her family. Years afterward, Charlotte would remember that night with fear and loathing, with pain that could... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
paperback.

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Legacy of Silence
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 13, 1999
Price: $7.99
Legacy of shame...
Caroline Hartzinger fled wartime Europe with a shattered life and a devastating secret. Pregnant and unwed, she arrived in America in 1939. Joel Hirsch offered marriage and respectability, hoping one day to earn her love, if not the passion she felt for a man whose memory still haunted them both. With... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 13, 1999
Price: $7.99
Legacy of shame...
Caroline Hartzinger fled wartime Europe with a shattered life and a devastating secret. Pregnant and unwed, she arrived in America in 1939. Joel Hirsch offered marriage and respectability, hoping one day to earn her love, if not the passion she felt for a man whose memory still haunted them both. With... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.

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Crescent City
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center... Read more >
Treasures
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1993
Price: $7.99
A story of family... the Osbornes -- two sisters and a brother -- united by family ties but split apart by different dreams. Lara, the happy young wife, longs for the family that will make her life whole. Connie, wild and lovely, is more like her brother Eddy -- bright, ambitious, and ready to seize all that... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1993
Price: $7.99
A story of family... the Osbornes -- two sisters and a brother -- united by family ties but split apart by different dreams. Lara, the happy young wife, longs for the family that will make her life whole. Connie, wild and lovely, is more like her brother Eddy -- bright, ambitious, and ready to seize all that... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.

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The Carousel
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 2, 1996
Price: $7.50
In public, Oliver Grey is a devoted father, prominent public figure, humanitarian, and respected businessman. But in private, there's a much darker side to Oliver Grey; a side so dark that someone is driven to kill him...
Though the Greys appear to be an enviable upper class family, they are not without... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 2, 1996
Price: $7.50
In public, Oliver Grey is a devoted father, prominent public figure, humanitarian, and respected businessman. But in private, there's a much darker side to Oliver Grey; a side so dark that someone is driven to kill him...
Though the Greys appear to be an enviable upper class family, they are not without... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.
Promises
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 7, 1997
Price: $7.99
With her three children, beautiful home, and loving husband, Margaret Crane is a woman others would envy. Adam's job has cushioned them nicely over the years, and it should be a time of contentment, rewards, of new challenges together. But lately Adam has been working too late, too hard, at the office. Margaret... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 7, 1997
Price: $7.99
With her three children, beautiful home, and loving husband, Margaret Crane is a woman others would envy. Adam's job has cushioned them nicely over the years, and it should be a time of contentment, rewards, of new challenges together. But lately Adam has been working too late, too hard, at the office. Margaret... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
paperback.

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Random Winds
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to war-torn London, from the bedsides of the rural poor to the life-and-death urgency of a great New York City hospital, this is a powerful epic of three generations of doctors in one magnificent family. The Farrells-dedicated, brilliant.. and driven to the edge of destruction by a love... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to war-torn London, from the bedsides of the rural poor to the life-and-death urgency of a great New York City hospital, this is a powerful epic of three generations of doctors in one magnificent family. The Farrells-dedicated, brilliant.. and driven to the edge of destruction by a love... Read more >

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Homecoming
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 13, 1998
Price: $6.99
With unerring insight and emotional power, Belva Plain, in her extraordinary novel, tells the story of a family divided and of the proud matriarch who takes a bold last stand to unite her warring children in what may be their last Homecoming.
It is a crisp December day when Annette Byrne walks... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 13, 1998
Price: $6.99
With unerring insight and emotional power, Belva Plain, in her extraordinary novel, tells the story of a family divided and of the proud matriarch who takes a bold last stand to unite her warring children in what may be their last Homecoming.
It is a crisp December day when Annette Byrne walks... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
Secrecy
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 6, 1998
Price: $7.99
First came the sin. Then the lies.
He was handsome, charming, irresistable, and an eighteen-year-old lady-killer, her uncle Cliff's stepson, Ted. But in one terrible night he would shatter the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Dawes and nearly destroy her family. Years afterward, Charlotte would remember that night with fear and loathing, with pain that could... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 6, 1998
Price: $7.99
First came the sin. Then the lies.
He was handsome, charming, irresistable, and an eighteen-year-old lady-killer, her uncle Cliff's stepson, Ted. But in one terrible night he would shatter the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Dawes and nearly destroy her family. Years afterward, Charlotte would remember that night with fear and loathing, with pain that could... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
paperback.

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Crossroads
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $26.00
No one explores the rich tapestry of the human heart as Belva Plain does. Her more than twenty New York Times bestsellers have captivated readers and garnered legions of devoted fans. Now Plain dazzles us once again with a new novel of rare eloquence and raw emotion…a powerful tale about the... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $26.00
No one explores the rich tapestry of the human heart as Belva Plain does. Her more than twenty New York Times bestsellers have captivated readers and garnered legions of devoted fans. Now Plain dazzles us once again with a new novel of rare eloquence and raw emotion…a powerful tale about the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Eden Burning
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation—until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1987
Price: $7.99
She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation—until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can... Read more >
Blessings
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 10, 1990
Price: $7.99
At thirty-six, Jennie Rakowsky's dreams were coming true. She was about to marry a wonderful man, her career as a lawyer was skyrocketing, and she had never been more beautiful. And then the secret she had hidden for nineteen years threatened to shatter it all. Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 10, 1990
Price: $7.99
At thirty-six, Jennie Rakowsky's dreams were coming true. She was about to marry a wonderful man, her career as a lawyer was skyrocketing, and she had never been more beautiful. And then the secret she had hidden for nineteen years threatened to shatter it all. Read more >

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After the Fire
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $7.99
What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves?
In her stunning new novel, New York Times-bestselling author Belva Plain penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. Once again Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories in a novel that is... Read more >
Written by Belva Plain
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $7.99
What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves?
In her stunning new novel, New York Times-bestselling author Belva Plain penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. Once again Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories in a novel that is... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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