Penny Vincenzi

Routinely making decisions that have dangerous consequences, stron-willed aristocrat's daughter Celia Lytton sets ihn motion a series of events during World War I that have a particular impact on her family.

When the seemingly elated Cressida Forrest disappears without a trace the night before her lavish wedding, a frantic search for answers reveals a fragile web of sexual and financial secrets involving two families.

Tom and Octavia Fleming glitter among the chattering classes of London in the late 1990's. Tom, a brilliant political strategist, and Octavia, an equally talented charity consultant, appear to have it all-good looks, money, success, and three pretty children-everything but precious time together. When Octavia realizes that Tom is having an affair, she plots her revenge against her husband. But nothing prepares Octavia for the identity of Tom's mistress,...

A tale set against a backdrop of the glossy magazine and advertising worlds of 1960s London follows a harrowing courtroom custody battle between Eliza, who gave up her writing job to marry, and her ex-husband, Matt, an edgy working-class man.

During the boom-or-bust days of the 1980s, a group of people is brought together by the devastating financial woes of Lloyd's, including Nigel Cowper, his wife Lucinda, and banker Simon Beaumont and his ad exec wife.