Once in a lifetime After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern boarding school. Daphne finally seems to have rediscovered love in her leading man. But an accident leaves her hospitalized, contemplating her life, fate and her best chance for love. Remembrance To overcome the emotional scars of her own past, Vanessa Fullerton recounts her mother Serena's extraordinary life— and tragic death. Serena marries a dashing U.S. colonel, relinquishing her family's fortune. When her husband dies, an impoverished Serena struggles to care for her young daughter until noted photographer Vasili catapults Serena to fame. But Vasili hides a dangerous secret, a secret that leaves a painful legacy. A Perfect Stranger Although forty years apart in age, Raphaella Phillips and John Henry enjoy a deep, loving marriage. But when John Henry suffers a stroke, a devoted Raphaella feels an emotional void. Enter handsome Alex Hale, who gives Raphaella support when she needs it most. As the relationship deepens, Raphaella wrestles with her conscience. A secret promise may hold the key to a happy future, if a tragic misunderstanding doesn't destroy it all first. The Ring During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husband killed, she flees to America, carrying his unborn child, all the while not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring.
