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Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 4-Book Collection
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Four novels from the master storyteller, Barbara Taylor Bradford, bestselling author of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCEVOICE OF THE HEART tells the story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts. With her stunning beauty, brilliant talent, and almost magical allure, irresistible Hollywood legend Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. But Katherine irrevocably changes the lives of her closest friends: the two men who love her, and the woman who trusts her implicitly. She never looks back until she needs the one thing they alone can give her – forgiveness.ACT OF WILL tells the story of three generations of beautiful women and their journey from rags to riches. Moving from the bleak Yorkshire Dales, through London, to the glamorous world of haute couture, this classic novel sparkles as it entertains.THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE is a glittering tale of a billionaire tycoon and the women that define him. Maximilian West appears to have everything. But in reality Maximilian is riven with internal conflict and torn apart by personal doubts. Many women have strived to reach his fortress heart, but only one woman holds the key that will unlock Maximilian’s secret – and set his soul free…DANGEROUS TO KNOW is a compelling story of old loves and old secrets. Sebastian Locke is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence and head of the philanthropic Locke Foundation. But now, he is dead – murdered in mysterious circumstances that have the police at a loss. Who would want to kill the world’s greatest philanthropist? Could such an upstanding man have enemies? Vivienne Trent, his ex-wife and close friend, sets out to find the truth about his death – and about Locke himself.
Barbara Taylor Bradford’s
4-Book Collection
Voice of the HeartAct of WillThe Women in His LifeDangerous to Know
by
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Copyright (#ulink_33ace188-9f9b-522c-960a-e475e4ce6d76)
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
Voice of the Heart first published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1983 ‘Happy Birthday to You’, words and music by Mildred J. Jill and Patty S. Hill. Copyright © 1935 Birch Tree Group Ltd, Princeton, N.J. Used by permission.
Act of Will first published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1986
Dangerous to Know first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 1995
The Women in His Life first published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1990 ‘There’ll Always Be an England’ (Parker/Charles) Copyright © 1939, Dash Music Co. Ltd, 8–9 Frith Street, London, W1V 5TZ Used by permission. All rights reserved. ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ (Kent/Burton) Copyright © 1941, Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., USA Reproduced by permission of B. Feldman & Co. Ltd, London WC2H 0EA. ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ (Fain/Kahal) Copyright © 1938, Marlo Music Corp., USA Reproduced by permission of Francis Day and Hunter Ltd, London WC2H 0EA. Extract from Rich: The Life of Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg is reprinted by kind permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995
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Barbara Taylor Bradford asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007395583, 9780007363728, 9780007330829, 9780007401550
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007536245
Version: 2017-10-25
Contents
Cover (#ua6c9c406-5464-5dd2-8fbb-c50c0afeaa91)
Title Page (#ubcc829e4-877c-5a6b-992f-94c575084ed2)
Copyright (#ude5378b8-45c3-5c94-adc5-22271615f2c1)
Voice of the Heart (#u28775b8e-d3b0-5b78-9c45-a7ec0d472d90)
Act of Will (#u7952844b-2bdb-5e95-b0d1-e5d1c9b32eeb)
The Women in His Life (#u6dd8d5c2-c9f9-5ad6-ab1a-7844c93eac4a)
Dangerous to Know (#u4e820d3c-47ee-58d2-813e-e1e8bf464bf6)
Keep Reading (#udc745d9d-6572-5570-bfef-f7f5463d79f1)
About the Author (#u8268e352-31d6-5a8e-8ff1-12d06fe35e9e)
Also by the Author (#u13184fad-ba9d-5ad9-b155-8fc838765291)
About the Publisher (#u7ce146e7-23bb-5add-944d-45913888c925)
(#ulink_61d1505e-f7b9-57d2-bc79-8a2289d0c4d7)
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Voice of the Heart
Dedication (#ulink_04951f58-ec7d-50ea-a143-9e1e9e0481bd)
For my husband Robert Bradford with love
Epigraph (#ulink_f49d447f-6916-53fc-9e3a-32580ebc7f79)
‘That voice of the heart, which, Lamartine says,
“alone reaches the heart”.’
MARCEL PROUST
Contents
Cover (#u28775b8e-d3b0-5b78-9c45-a7ec0d472d90)
Title Page (#u5ed110cd-d9e7-5680-9c58-46bbdcdde4f1)
Dedication (#u4c3e6634-84e0-5862-ae3e-0bff3f57f108)
Epigraph (#u7bfa82d8-b845-5ed7-b139-1d1fedb49d6d)
Overture: 1978 (#u3573eade-f97a-56ef-8185-586bed3a6e00)
Chapter One (#u83d5d36a-a16e-516d-a7f2-fc2d4964c053)
In the Wings: 1979 (#u40b24b85-8b0f-54e6-8e53-c60ba27adeba)
Chapter Two (#u0f7d9f8a-5c06-58cd-8c1a-c53089f3320a)
Chapter Three (#u2131167c-b7d0-5af0-9df3-f4e5a0f47fed)
Chapter Four (#u4644aed3-574d-5ce1-b83c-8d6b513e5fa3)
Act One: Downstage Right: 1956 (#ud69bdc37-76f7-5911-82f7-fe20cf9a3ec8)
Chapter Five (#ufa2ee831-9df6-5382-a8f8-1be21f83ab05)
Chapter Six (#ud78b5cd0-080b-5cdc-91ef-883970634a9a)
Chapter Seven (#u681b8763-f27d-52d0-a95c-5d38d1b8a8ea)
Chapter Eight (#uc9a88542-9092-5d3a-9d65-6e74f57ebf04)
Chapter Nine (#u4ddef3ad-bf36-5bf3-b33c-44bec51ae5be)
Chapter Ten (#ud6caf7c1-0d57-52e2-90e2-9bed205214ae)
Chapter Eleven (#ub93c68d0-dd4c-576e-b9af-4f05892c0e35)
Chapter Twelve (#u1d505f2a-111a-5f6b-ba08-d52d439231b1)
Chapter Thirteen (#u68773e35-0dc6-51f6-96af-9849ffc21571)
Chapter Fourteen (#uc2634957-8ef9-5b4d-a093-5838e2df7349)
Chapter Fifteen (#u82670aad-7f8c-5e91-9a94-8a1c5fca1f4c)
Chapter Sixteen (#ub23501b7-e811-5d2d-8b68-5028278b3c56)
Chapter Seventeen (#ua91236fc-3eef-5c33-b809-21f46307bfbb)
Chapter Eighteen (#ua0f60080-4695-5222-ab31-d62b69f7256e)
Chapter Nineteen (#u94881f95-f0ba-517f-90e1-fa65aa1067f9)
Chapter Twenty (#u631e479d-134b-56eb-a19d-6b8331b91634)
Chapter Twenty-One (#uacd6e68a-f37b-5ec6-92b5-6c276e678838)
Chapter Twenty-Two (#u2d651e85-66dd-5fd7-9ef2-70a97fd4b423)
Chapter Twenty-Three (#u97dc56da-9cfc-52a6-8404-ec872d7dae5a)
Chapter Twenty-Four (#u660b8818-9b67-52dd-be41-2ca28819487b)
Chapter Twenty-Five (#ub193e555-87ba-5ba4-bf0f-9bc3e630e5ce)
Chapter Twenty-Six (#u12443f31-03ed-541b-a4bf-ea40c5018598)
Chapter Twenty-Seven (#u21cfeaf4-3c27-529b-a387-04c09e34f6b6)
Chapter Twenty-Eight (#udba5856b-40f4-5585-acaf-5292d94a7762)
Chapter Twenty-Nine (#u07cd04bd-2b4e-5cca-b06f-b7629c6925db)
Chapter Thirty (#uff066bfd-feb2-51f5-8b68-8bf83f5bac54)
Chapter Thirty-One (#uc59dad95-8922-5857-8e04-1c875ef6b417)
Chapter Thirty-Two (#u33db04f3-4097-597c-a0d4-542bbd6b6889)
Chapter Thirty-Three (#u660ca23c-6eac-5040-b8f9-e50de2a4ceb8)
Chapter Thirty-Four (#uf6eaebf7-c6ba-512a-8b69-2e2116adc4c9)
Chapter Thirty-Five (#ubd1620de-53ce-5dcc-bf61-6df5ca784222)
Chapter Thirty-Six (#u2dd0d7b5-17a3-5f9c-9406-3e1c8dffd223)
Chapter Thirty-Seven (#u5080b5cf-7720-5eaa-92d2-0c9173ac5dff)
Chapter Thirty-Eight (#u115685ed-6067-5202-bcaf-ad2dc4493cfc)
Chapter Thirty-Nine (#u4c8390df-b5c9-5717-89d6-5dc3a577f264)
In the Wings: 1979 (#uc343a0b0-d6fe-5a81-918c-f16a13ecf03e)
Chapter Forty (#uc7914a9d-fdaf-5fe9-8bfb-fb3725d4b200)
Chapter Forty-One (#u36716a62-c371-5e7f-a570-bd68a986fe2b)
Act Two: Downstage Left: 1963–1967 (#ua1b809c9-cfaa-5b98-909c-4466dd390b2a)
Chapter Forty-Two (#u45cf9669-6977-5d9d-a330-35d01a170e41)
Chapter Forty-Three (#ub8c386d6-054a-5f95-8e34-b9107a33634e)
Chapter Forty-Four (#ue68b878d-cade-5f25-97b6-f7a03feab7db)
Chapter Forty-Five (#ud04630f5-9415-5831-b1d4-3e987a23a7f8)
