Danielle Steel

The only daughter of a European banking dynasty, Raphaella had always been sheltered from the world. Married to a much older American, she was kept in the privacy of great luxury, tended to by servants, watched over by bodyguards. She was the beautiful dark-eyed woman the young lawyer from San Francisco, Alexander Hale, saw sitting alone one misty evening. Before he could approach her, she rushed away into the garden. She was the "perfect stranger"...

Francesca Thayer es copropietaria de una galería de arte y de una casa antigua en el Village neoyorquino. Ambos proyectos los inició con Todd, su pareja durante años. Ahora que la relación ha terminado, Francesca deberá decidir si lo vende todo o hace frente a los pagos ella sola. Finalmente su padre la ayudará a sacar adelante la galería, pero para mantener la casa, tendrá que alquilar tres de sus habitaciones. Entre los inquilinos se creará...

Five-year-old Martha is troubled by her mother's impending marriage, but talking things over with her understanding father helps her to view the situation with enthusiasm after all.

A new girl from Paris arrives to spend the year at Martha's school and they become very good friends.